Elafonissi Beach Crete Day Trip: Excursion to Southwest Crete's White Mountains and Dream Beach
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Elafonissi

This journey takes you to the ultimate southern-western corner of Crete, through the undulating terrain and rugged mountainscape of the White Mountains, all the way to the idyllic beach known as Elafonisi.

Duration: 9 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Elafonissi Beach - Along the green north coast it goes up just before Kastelli, where you turn south and go through the village Topolia to rock chapel of Agia Sophia. The small church is located in a cave hidden and you can cope with the rise (80 meters altitude) in about 10 minutes. After the tour of the facility, it is not far to perhaps the most beautiful beach of Crete - Elafonisi (Deer Island).

Before overgrown by pine and juniper dunes there is a flat fine sandy beach that shimmers in places pink by the addition of coral. At the opposite island of Kastelli, you can wade through the shallow turquoise lagoon, the water is no more than waist high. At this dream beach you can spend the rest of the day before in the afternoon heading back to the hotel.

What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Transport by air-conditioned vehicle
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Elafonissi Beach
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Mrtellithowitwas
May 9, 2019
A cobbled together tour to make a few euros - I am not saying avoid at all costs, but make our own arrangements. We left our hotel at near Kaylves at 0750, arrived in Chania at 0820, and then had to change onto another coach. Then we got to the Monastery at 1000 and we were told that we would be leaving by 1030. The monastery itself is impressive, but there is a shop that has been plonked there to rip tourists off with overpriced refreshments. This is sold as an opportunity to have breakfast. We arrived at the beach at around 1130 and remained till 1445 hours. Yes the beach itself was very impressive, pink sand can be seen in parts. It is still a fairly new idea as they were putting up more food stands and similar plots. 50 cents to use the toilets. I was told that we would stop off for lunch which we were told in advance we could purchase. But again you can see they have a deal with 3 or 4 restaurants where they are told will drop of "x" amount of customers a week. Food itself was nice. We arrived at 1530 and left at 1630 hours, did not get back to Chania town until gone 1835. All in all over 6 hours on a coach, that was too much and we were told 90 mins there and 90 minutes back. Can I suggest getting a hire car and going to the Monastery and then the beach. But 2 adults and 2 children total 120 euros is tooooooooo much Special mention for the, he was 55-60 spoke fluently in English, German and explained the sites to us in perfect detail.
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