Boat trip
Sitia bay boat trip.
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Quick facts
- Region
- Lasithi
- Start town
- Sitia
- Typical duration
- 3–5 hours
- Type
- Boat trip
A boat from Sitia stays on the bay and the near east coast. It is a swim cruise, not a ferry to a famous island and not the Spinalonga day. Departures are fewer here than in Agios Nikolaos, and the wind at this end of Crete cancels trips often enough that you should have a shore plan. The town harbour is the start. You come back to the same quay.
Confirm the boat the evening before. The harbour is in the centre. Morning is the flat-water slot.
It suits swimmers based in Sitia on a calm morning. Skip it if you needed Vai. The beach is a road trip, and the boat will not take you there.
Sitia bay boat trip needs 3–5 hours from Sitia. The months that usually work are May to October. Wind can still cancel a morning inside that window. Pack a hat, water and a layer for the return to Sitia, and read the meeting quay the evening before rather than guessing from a postcard of the harbour. The quay for Sitia bay boat trip is in Sitia. A boat from another harbour is a different crossing, even when the postcard looks similar.
Is it worth it
Sitia bay boat trip is worth the hours from Sitia when it suits swimmers based in Sitia on a calm morning. It is a swim cruise, not a ferry to a famous island and not the Spinalonga day. If that is the part your group will fight, leave it for another date.
What to bring
- Water and a hat, because A boat from Sitia stays on the bay and the
- Shoes that match the ground on Sitia bay boat trip. Confirm the boat the evening before. The harbour
- A layer for the start in Sitia. May to October still has cool mornings and wind.
- The return hour written down. Sitia bay boat trip takes 3–5 hours, and a second plan the same day is how you miss it.
Tips
- May to October is the window to trust for Sitia bay boat trip. Outside it, ask whether the day is even running.
- Leave Sitia with 3–5 hours clear. Confirm the boat the evening before. The harbour is in the centre.
- Search “Boat trip from Sitia Crete” and check that the meeting point really is Sitia.
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FAQ
Questions.
- Plan on 3–5 hours from Sitia. It suits swimmers based in Sitia on a calm morning.
- May to October. Outside those months the day is often closed, cancelled, or a different trip. Ask the day before you leave Sitia.
- Confirm the boat the evening before. The harbour is in the centre. Morning is the flat-water slot.
- It suits swimmers based in Sitia on a calm morning. Skip it if you needed Vai. The beach is a road trip, and the boat will not take you there.
- Sitia bay boat trip is worth the hours from Sitia when it suits swimmers based in Sitia on a calm morning. It is a swim cruise, not a ferry to a famous island and not the Spinalonga day. If that is the part your group will fight, leave it for another date.