Quick facts
- Region
- Rethymno
- Start town
- Plakias
- Typical duration
- 1–2 hours
- Type
- Town walk
Plakias is a long beach and a short village. The walk is the seafront and the head of the road toward Damnoni, not a historic centre. It is the right hour when you arrive, and the backup when the gorge or the boat is off. Evenings are pleasant. The mountains behind the bay are the view. You do not need a guide. You need to know that Preveli and Kourtaliotiko are separate days from this stroll.
Park once in the village and walk the front. The beach is the pavement’s southern edge.
It suits an easy evening. It will not replace the palm beach or the gorge. Those are drives.
Plakias seafront walk needs 1–2 hours from Plakias. The months that usually work are year round. The distance is short and the ground can be marble, stone or a harbour kerb. Summer evenings are crowded on the front and quieter one street back. Do it on foot from Plakias rather than as a coach excursion. Plakias seafront walk stays on foot in Plakias. It is not a coach loop and it is not another town’s old quarter.
Is it worth it
Plakias seafront walk is worth the hours from Plakias when it suits an easy evening. The walk is the seafront and the head of the road toward Damnoni, not a historic centre. If that is the part your group will fight, leave it for another date.
What to bring
- Water and a hat, because Plakias is a long beach and a short village. The
- Shoes that match the ground on Plakias seafront walk. Park once in the village and walk the
- A layer for the start in Plakias. Year round still has cool mornings and wind.
- The return hour written down. Plakias seafront walk takes 1–2 hours, and a second plan the same day is how you miss it.
Tips
- Year round is the window to trust for Plakias seafront walk. Outside it, ask whether the day is even running.
- Leave Plakias with 1–2 hours clear. Park once in the village and walk the front. The beach is
- Search “Plakias village walk Crete” and check that the meeting point really is Plakias.
Related tours
FamilyPlakias and Damnoni beach day
Plakias3–5 hours
Plakias has a long sandy town beach, and Damnoni is the smaller cove just east, with a short walk or drive between them. Together they make a family day that does not require a gorge or a cape. Shade is at the tavernas and under rented umbrellas. The south wind, when it blows, is the day to switch to a pool or the old town instead. The usual length is 3–5 hours, and the months that usually work are May to October. It suits families based in the south or a single beach day from Rethymno. It is not the famous palm beach. That is Preveli, with a path. Stay in Plakias and walk, or drive the south-coast road from Rethymno via the gorge. Damnoni is signed just before the town if you come from the east.
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Day tripDamnoni cove from Plakias
Plakias2–4 hours
Damnoni is the series of small coves east of Plakias, rockier than the town beach and close enough to walk in the morning. The water is clearer on a calm day and weedy if the wind has stirred it. There is a taverna and not much else. It is a local swim, which is the point if you are tired of famous names. The usual length is 2–4 hours, and the months that usually work are May to October. It suits anyone already in Plakias. It is not worth a coach from Heraklion. The coves are a pleasant hour, not a destination you cross the island for. Walk the coast path from Plakias or drive five minutes. Parking at the cove is limited in August. Go before late morning.
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Day tripPreveli palm beach
Plakias4–6 hours
Preveli beach is the palm-backed shore where the Kourtaliotiko river meets the south coast. From Plakias it is a shorter approach than from Rethymno town. You still walk down to the sand and back up, unless you arrive by boat. The palms are real. The shade under them is limited once the beach fills. Fire has scarred the grove in living memory, so the photograph in your head may be fuller than the trees. The usual length is 4–6 hours, and the months that usually work are April to October. It suits swimmers who can handle the path or the boat. It is a poor midday choice for anyone who cannot climb out. Go earlier than the August coaches. From Plakias, drive toward Preveli or take a small boat along the coast. From Rethymno, the gorge road is the usual approach. Confirm the path is open.
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FAQ
Questions.
- Plan on 1–2 hours from Plakias. It suits an easy evening.
- Year round. Outside those months the day is often closed, cancelled, or a different trip. Ask the day before you leave Plakias.
- Park once in the village and walk the front. The beach is the pavement’s southern edge.
- It suits an easy evening. It will not replace the palm beach or the gorge. Those are drives.
- Plakias seafront walk is worth the hours from Plakias when it suits an easy evening. The walk is the seafront and the head of the road toward Damnoni, not a historic centre. If that is the part your group will fight, leave it for another date.