Being the biggest island in Greece, West Crete offers travelers a wide variety of beaches to choose from. From the beaches of west of Chania to the Plakias and surroundings, you can relax, get a tan or play around with your kids on these beaches. To make it easier for you, here is a list of some amazing picks by our experts.

Just 500m from from Chrisoskalitissa Monastery and 65 km far from Chania city, Aspri Limni beach still remains hidden by thousands of tourists who pass by in a hurry on their way to Elafonisi and Kedrodasos a little bit southern.

Beach Plakaki: Is the last beach before you reach the Grameno beaches, 5km west of Paleochora in southwest Crete, Chania prefecture.

The Beach of St. Anthony (Agios Antonios) is located in a tranquil bay, 2.5km east of Sougia Village, in south west Crete (South coast), Chania Prefecture.

One kilometer west of the coastline Agia Roumeliand defore Domata beach there are many small beaches, known generaly as the Marble Caves (Spilies sto Marmaro). They are small beaches with small pebbles and cliffs covered with pine.

Vatalos is a relatively big and quiet sandy beach close to Fragokastelo beach and between Sfakia and Frangokastello, south west Crete.

Loutro by Sfakia mountains has a lot too offer, the most pleasant thing is the complete quietness and silence of the small coastal village, there are no cars or mopeds at all here and the village remains quiet even during the summer months.

Kalives village lies about 20 km east of Chania in the Apokoronas area. It is on the coast at the entrance of Souda Bay. It essentially consists of one long road, with houses opening directly on to it, with the occasional alley behind. The town is bound on one side by the sea and the other by low hills.

The beach of Sougia is 1,2 km long and is the longest beach in the South-West of Crete. Although it is a pebble beach, these vary a lot in size and there are plenty of places where they are very small, more like coarse sand and it is not at all uncomfortable to lie on them.

Kum Kapi beach is a small 200m long sandy beach in Chania Prefecture, west Crete, located 1km east of Chania old town. Koum Kapi is one of the most touristic districts in the city, which attracts thousands of visitors during the summer months; the people come here to relax, eat and entertain.

For people that like to see more closeby beaches in Kalives or Almirida area, there are some other options. In the east next to the village of Kalives (1km to east and 1km west of Almirida beach) are the two (small) beaches of Kera, one sandy and one - the one where the church is - more a pebble beach.

The beach Filaki is located on the south coast of Crete, close to Chora Sfakion village and 79km south from Chania town.

To get to the beach, at about 500 m before entering Chora Sfakion you’ll see a road to the left which takes you to Hotel Vritomartis.

Vritomartis Beach is a small pebble beach between Filaki beach to east and Chora Sfakion village to west. The bay is formed at the end of a small gorge which starts about 1km northern.