Natural features
Balos Lagoon, Crete
Kíssamos, Crete
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.
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Country facts
Historic sites
Palace of Knossos, Crete
Irákleion, Crete
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.
Walks and treks
Samaria Gorge, Crete
Chóra Sfakíon, 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.