Location: Rethymno < Crete < Greece
Nearest Airport:
Heraklion or Chania at 100
Kilometres
Nearest Ferry:
Port of Rethymno at 32
Kilometres
Nearest Beach:
beach at 100.0
Metres
Car: not necessary
Situated 39 kilometers far from Rethymnon, at the Southern coast of Crete, at the Libyan Sea, Plakias is a popular tourist resort, well developed and offering full facilities to the visitors. The village has approximately 180 permanent residents.
If you have a car it is worth driving around to the scenic villages of the area as Myrthios, 3 kilometers far from Plakias at the North, to the villages Sellia, 5 kilometers at the Northwest and Mariou, 6 kilometers at the Northeast.
Dates to note for the following local festivities.
- 8 th of September in honor of the Birth of Virgin Mary at Lefkogia.
- 15 th of August, in honor of the Assumption of Virgin Mary at Sellia.
The Preveli Palm Beach is well worth visiting. You can take a ferry from Plakias to the Palm Beach.
Damnoni Beach and Schinaria Beach are also very well known sandy beaches with their crystal clear waters.