A shallow turquoise lagoon of white and pink sand between the Gramvousa peninsula and a rocky cape, at the far north-west tip of Crete. It's one of the most beautiful beaches in Greece. Cruises from Kissamos stop here and at the Venetian fortress on Gramvousa island.
You can also drive a rough dirt road (toll) to a car park and walk down 20 minutes. There's little shade; bring an umbrella and water. Elafonisi, with pink sand, is another famous beach in south-west Crete.
One of Europe's longest gorges, 16 km through the White Mountains of western Crete, down from Xyloskalo at 1,250 m to the Libyan Sea at Agia Roumeli.
The great Bronze Age palace of the Minoan civilisation, Europe's oldest city, linked to the legend of King Minos and the Minotaur's labyrinth.
A village of white houses and blue-domed churches clinging to the rim of Santorini's caldera, a flooded volcanic crater, with famous sunsets over the…
A deep cave on the small island of Antiparos, a 10-minute ferry ride from Paros, with impressive stalactites and stalagmites.
The 'Church of a Hundred Doors', one of the oldest and best-preserved Byzantine churches in Greece, founded in the 4th century, reputedly by St Helen…
A beach of small sandy coves separated by smooth granite rocks, worn by wind and sea into strange, rounded shapes.
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