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Organized beaches in Chania
40 organized beaches in Chania: with sunbeds, umbrellas and facilities. Check live wind & waves for each beach on CalmBeach before you go.
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Prefer sunbeds, umbrellas and a beach bar in Chania? These 40 organized beaches usually have facilities and easier access. Check wind and waves in CalmBeach before you go.
The beaches
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Paralia Agion ApostolonThe sandy coves with the chapel of the Twelve Apostles — Agioi Apostoloi beach stretches about three kilometres west of Chania town, on the north coast of Crete. It is a series of sandy coves wrapped around…
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StavrosThe bay of "Zorba" — This is where the famous final scene of "Zorba the Greek" (1964) was filmed, with Anthony Quinn dancing the sirtaki against the mountain. Partly…
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Marathi
The fishing harbor with traces of ancient Minoa — Marathi lies on the southeastern shore of the Akrotiri peninsula of Chania, about 17 kilometres east of town, looking across the bay of Souda towards…
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KalathasThe Akrotiri bay with the little islet — Kalathas sits on the west side of the Akrotiri peninsula, about 12 kilometres northeast of Chania town, at the heart of an open natural bay. The…
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Loutraki
The enclosed cove of Akrotiri — Loutraki lies on the southeastern side of the Akrotiri peninsula of Chania, next to Marathi, about 16 kilometres from town. It is an enclosed cove…
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Nea Chora
The city beach with the fishing harbor — Nea Chora is the town beach of Chania, a few minutes' walk west of the Venetian harbour. It takes its name from the namesake quarter, the 'new town'…
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Sougia
The ancient seaport at the mouth of the gorge — Sougia lies on the south coast of Chania, at the mouth of the Agia Irini gorge, about 70 kilometres from the city. Its long beach, roughly 1.5…
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Elafonisi
The pink sand and the lagoon — At the southwest tip of Crete, an islet is joined to the mainland by a shallow lagoon (~20-40 cm) you wade across on foot. The sand takes on a pink…
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KalyvakiThe sandy strand at the mouth of the Almyros — Kalyvaki is the westernmost beach of Georgioupoli, in Apokoronas of Chania, beside the mouth of the Almyros river, which flows all year round. The…
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Falasarna
The white sands of the ancient harbour — Falasarna sits on the west coast of Crete, at the base of the Gramvousa peninsula, about 59 kilometres from Chania. The great shore is in fact a…
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AfrataThe pebble cove of Rodopos — Afrata beach opens onto a small pebble cove on the Rodopos peninsula of Chania, about one kilometre east of the village of the same name and 3.5…
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Paralia Koum Kapi (Kum Kapisi)
The city sands below the Gate of the Sand — Koum Kapi is the town beach of Chania, just east of the Venetian harbour, in front of the historic quarter of the same name. Its name comes from the…
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Chrysi AktiThe golden sands just west of Chania town — Chrysi Akti sits just a few kilometres west of Chania town, in Nea Kydonia, right next to Agioi Apostoloi. It owes its name to the golden colour of…
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Gialiskari
The shore at the mouth of the Anydri gorge — Gialiskari lies about four kilometres east of Paleochora, on the south coast of Chania, where the Anydri gorge meets the sea. It is a small cluster…
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Paralia FragkokastellouThe sands beneath the Venetian castle — Fragkokastello beach stretches out in front of the Venetian fortress of the same name, on the south coast of Sfakia, about twelve kilometres east of…
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Paralia Glyka Nera
The shore of the freshwater springs — Glyka Nera hides between Chora Sfakion and Loutro, on the south coast of Chania, at the foot of steep slopes that drop from the Lefka Ori mountains…
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Paralia Marmara
The white sculpted rocks of Aradena — Marmara lies at the mouth of the Aradena gorge in Sfakia, about five kilometres west of Loutro and far from any road. It takes its name from the…
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Kalami
A shore below ancient Aptera — Kalami sits on the southern shore of Souda Bay in Apokoronas, Crete, about fifteen kilometres east of the city of Chania. The beach spreads below the…
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Agios Onoufrios
The Akrotiri coves with the little chapel — Agios Onoufrios lies on the Akrotiri peninsula of Chania, Crete, about eight kilometres from the city, near Kounoupidiana. The small settlement and…
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Orthi AmmosThe dunes of the Drosoulites — Orthi Ammos stretches beside Frangokastello in Sfakia, Crete, about eighty kilometres south of Chania. It owes its name, 'upright sand', to the tall…
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KriosThree coves at the cape of Selino — Krios lies about 10 kilometres west of Paleochora, on the southern coast of Selino in Chania. It takes its name from the homonymous Cape Krios, on…
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Platanias
The long sandy shore facing Thodorou — Platanias stretches about 11 kilometres west of Chania town, a long sandy shore facing the islet of Thodorou. Its name is attributed to the tall…
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Paralia Psilos Volakas
The great boulder west of Paleochora — Psilos Volakas lies about one and a half kilometres west of Paleochora in Chania, beside the road leading towards Koundoura and Krios. It takes its…
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Photo credits
- Paralia Agion Apostolon: Maurizio Ceol, CC BY 3.0
- Stavros: Roton Piotr, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kalathas: Jules Verne Times Two, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kalyvaki: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0
- Afrata: ruud.trygve@gmail.co…, CC BY 3.0
- Chrysi Akti: Cretan2014, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paralia Fragkokastellou: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), CC BY 3.0
- Orthi Ammos: Olaf Tausch, CC BY 3.0
- Krios: Θοδωρής Φ., CC BY-SA 4.0
- Filaki: Giannaras11, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chalikia: trolvag, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Tavronitis: Beemwej, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mavros Molos: Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0
- Paralia Agiou Charalampous: wprag4s0, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Pachia Ammos Stavrou: Maurizio Ceol, CC BY 3.0
- Finikas: Rockhopper2, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kera: Sorin Craciun, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kyani Akti: Stegop, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kalamaki: Roton Piotr, CC BY-SA 3.0
Good to know
Which beaches in Chania are organized?
The beaches listed here are marked as organized, usually with sunbeds, umbrellas and food or a beach bar nearby. Facilities can change by season, so confirm locally.
Are organized beaches less windy?
Not necessarily. Facilities do not change the wind or waves — check live conditions in the app and compare less exposed beaches on windy days.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 40 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.52 m in June, 0.57 m in July and 0.60 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.61 m in September. June is the calmest month of the season. We calculate these figures ourselves from European Copernicus wave-model data at 4.2 km resolution. They describe the sea offshore, not the shelter of an individual cove — a bay protected by a headland will usually be calmer than this.
How warm is the water, month by month?
Off 40 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 19.3 °C in May, 22.9 °C in June, 25.5 °C in July, 26.3 °C in August and 25.3 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 23.1 °C. August is the warmest month. Satellite measurements, 1995–2024, from a sea cell about 5 km offshore; shallow bays usually run warmer than this.
Wind and waves change every day. See live conditions for any of these beaches before you drive out.
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