Worth a Detour
Balos Lagoon
A turquoise lagoon of white sand below the wild Gramvousa peninsula, reached by boat or a rough road and a walk.
- Open
- Boats sail from about May to October
- Price
- Paid; a boat ticket, or a small fee for the road
- Time Needed
- A day
- Address
- Kissamos port, Kavonisi (for the boats)Directions
- Getting There
- Boats leave Kissamos port, about 50 minutes by car west of Chania. By car, a rough track ends with a 20-minute walk down to the lagoon.
Why Go
The shallow water shades from white to deep blue between the peninsula and a rocky islet. Most people come on the boats from Kissamos, which also stop at Imeri Gramvousa, an island crowned by a Venetian fortress that later became a pirates' den.
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