You may admire the colours of the horizon during the sun set.. and when the night comes filled with stars the shine Cretan sky is majestic. The endless stars from the sky seem to be jealous and try to dive to the crystal waters of the bay.
Attractions
Area of Natural Beauty: Within the geographical region of Gialia you may find some areas with special Natural Beauty like the Preveli Gorge where the Megalos Potamos river is flowing through a pulm forest to a wonderfull beach.
Historic Monasteries / Churches: Wondering within the monuments and ruins o past times around Gialia, offers unique sences to the visitor who feels to be in a complete different scenery scared from the memories of past monks.
Beaches
Distances from the most famous Beaches
- Plakias Beach: 500m
- Scinaria Beach: 7,5km
- Ammoudi Beach: 6km
- Triopetra Beach: 26 km
- Damnoni Beach: 3,8 km
- Preveli Beach: 11km
- Rethymno Beach: 35km
- Elafonisi: 148km
- Balos: 127km
Environment
The south cast of the county of Rethymno is named “Gialia”. Along with the inland is the center of South Crete. Continuous beaches surrounded by high hills and in between, green valleys filled with flowers and aroma. Between the high mountains the gorges Kourtaliotis, Kotsifou and Mesa gorge allow the access between the north and the south compiling a special landscape. Getting down from the mountains you meet, olive farms, small hills, streams, rare flowers and herbs. All these changes in the landscape end in magnificent beaches with cristal clear waters.
Crete Island
Short Trips in the Traditional countryside: Local maps and guides along with useful information from the locals will offer you much more wonderfull trips.