Worth a Detour
Falasarna
A long sandy beach on Crete's west coast, famous for its sunsets.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free; paid sunbeds
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Falasarna, KissamosDirections
- Getting There
- About 1 hour by car west of Chania; buses run in summer.
Why Go
Wide bays of pale sand and clear water face west, so the sun sets straight into the sea. At the northern end lie the ruins of an ancient Greek harbor town, now well above the water: the coast here rose several meters in an earthquake in the 4th century AD.
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