Guidebook for Falassarna area
Taverns and restaurants
Spḗlios
nice food, beautiful views, hospitable
Neratzoula
traditional cuisine, peaceful location, hospitable
Captain Nicolas
seafood, traditional style, beachfront
Gramboussa Restaurant
1 Emmanouil DiktakiCretan dishes, traditional, nice atmosphere
Orange blue is a cafe snack bar which overlooks Falassarna Beach! You can enjoy the magical sunset while listening to summer hits. Later at night you can enjoy more vibrating music and happenings.
29 locals recommend
Orange Blue
Orange blue is a cafe snack bar which overlooks Falassarna Beach! You can enjoy the magical sunset while listening to summer hits. Later at night you can enjoy more vibrating music and happenings.
Thalami
seafood tavern, in Sfinari
'The West' Traditional Taverna
Eparchiaki Odos Kastelliou-Kefalioutraditional tavern
seafood, traditional tavern in front of the sea, in Korfalonas Kissamos
17 locals recommend
Akrogiali-kisamos
seafood, traditional tavern in front of the sea, in Korfalonas Kissamos
Sightseeing
Elafonisi is the most famous sight of Crete. It is an area of natural beauty with special landscape made by the sea, the rocks, a few local trees and the colorful sand. All guests can explore the crystal waters, the famous red sand made by the sea corals, and a small island. Two beach canteens are available.
442 locals recommend
Elafonisi
Elafonisi is the most famous sight of Crete. It is an area of natural beauty with special landscape made by the sea, the rocks, a few local trees and the colorful sand. All guests can explore the crystal waters, the famous red sand made by the sea corals, and a small island. Two beach canteens are available.
The famous Balos lagoon is covered with white sand next to a rocky landscape and the blue sea. The white sand covers the bottom of the sea and grants to the sea an emerald color. You can get a boat from the port of Kissamos at about 10 am to visit the Balos lagoon, otherwise you have to go on foot. The road to the beach stops about 2 km before it and the visitor has to follow a pave road with gorgeous views to reach it. It takes about half an hour to go down, and the climb up in the end of the day, when you come back, is much more difficult. One beach canteen is provided.
515 locals recommend
Balos Beach
The famous Balos lagoon is covered with white sand next to a rocky landscape and the blue sea. The white sand covers the bottom of the sea and grants to the sea an emerald color. You can get a boat from the port of Kissamos at about 10 am to visit the Balos lagoon, otherwise you have to go on foot. The road to the beach stops about 2 km before it and the visitor has to follow a pave road with gorgeous views to reach it. It takes about half an hour to go down, and the climb up in the end of the day, when you come back, is much more difficult. One beach canteen is provided.
The long Falasarna beach is regarded as one of the nicest, sandy beaches in Crete and one of the ten best beaches in Greece. It is a big, sandy beach with amazing views during the sunset, an ideal place to relax and unwind. The sea is always very clear and it tempts you go for swimming. There is space for many water-sports, beach tennis and beach volley. A few taverns and beach restaurants are provided along the beach.
337 locals recommend
Falassarna Beach
The long Falasarna beach is regarded as one of the nicest, sandy beaches in Crete and one of the ten best beaches in Greece. It is a big, sandy beach with amazing views during the sunset, an ideal place to relax and unwind. The sea is always very clear and it tempts you go for swimming. There is space for many water-sports, beach tennis and beach volley. A few taverns and beach restaurants are provided along the beach.
Nearly 20 hectares of land are waiting to welcome you, full of fruit trees from all over the world, herbs, medicinal and ornamental plants in a park different from others, where the land’s formation and the region’s microclimate make it a paradise for hundreds of plants and animals!
219 locals recommend
Botanical Park & Gardens Of Crete
Eparchiaki Odos Chanion-OmalouNearly 20 hectares of land are waiting to welcome you, full of fruit trees from all over the world, herbs, medicinal and ornamental plants in a park different from others, where the land’s formation and the region’s microclimate make it a paradise for hundreds of plants and animals!
A quite untouched and unexplored beach area, used many times as a free camping spot or as a beach for naturists. It is actually a cedar forest next to the beach. At the end of the gravel road you need to do some hiking for about 15-20 minutes.
144 locals recommend
Kedrodasos Beach
A quite untouched and unexplored beach area, used many times as a free camping spot or as a beach for naturists. It is actually a cedar forest next to the beach. At the end of the gravel road you need to do some hiking for about 15-20 minutes.
Hiking
The Gorge of Samaria is 16 km long (the longest Gorge in Europe) and it is situated in the National park of Samaria, 43 km south from the city of Chania in the White Mountains in west Crete. The Samaria Gorge is an area of stunning natural beauty, passing through forests of ancient cypresses and pines.
The Gorge of Samaria is starting at an altitude of 1250 m (at Xyloskalo at the end of the village of Omalos), taking you all the way down to the shores of the Libyan sea in Agia Roumeli through the narrow Sidesportes or "Iron Gates" (rocky walls that rise up to 500 metres with only 3 meters wide).
517 locals recommend
Samaria Gorge
The Gorge of Samaria is 16 km long (the longest Gorge in Europe) and it is situated in the National park of Samaria, 43 km south from the city of Chania in the White Mountains in west Crete. The Samaria Gorge is an area of stunning natural beauty, passing through forests of ancient cypresses and pines.
The Gorge of Samaria is starting at an altitude of 1250 m (at Xyloskalo at the end of the village of Omalos), taking you all the way down to the shores of the Libyan sea in Agia Roumeli through the narrow Sidesportes or "Iron Gates" (rocky walls that rise up to 500 metres with only 3 meters wide).
Topolia Gorge
Agia Irini Gorge
Wineries and olive oil tour
Karavitakis Winery
Manousakis Winery
Terra Creta
Pnevmatikakis Winery is a family run winery in Kissamos, with many years of experience, expertise and extensive presence and contribution in Cretan wine making.
14 locals recommend
Pnevmatikakis
Pnevmatikakis Winery is a family run winery in Kissamos, with many years of experience, expertise and extensive presence and contribution in Cretan wine making.
Monasteries
Gonia Odigitria Monastery
Μονή Παναγίας Χρυσοσκαλίτισσας
Agia Triada Monastery
Ακροτήρι