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Beaches in Rethymno usually better when the meltemi blows
When the meltemi blows, more comfortable beaches in Rethymno are often bays oriented away from it. These 33 beaches sit away from it based on the geospatial exposure model — still check live conditions before you go.
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Kalypso
Pebbles - Easy road access
The pirate fjord between the cliffs — Kalypso lies on the south coast of Rethymno, Crete, between Plakias and Preveli, about 33 kilometres from the town. It is a long, narrow rocky inlet…
- Kokkinos Volakas Pebbles - Passable dirt road
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Preveli
Sand & pebbles - Easy path
The palm grove at the river mouth — On the south (Libyan) coast, where the Megalopotamos river leaves its gorge, a palm forest and a freshwater stream form a channel you can swim up.…
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Souda
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
Where the river of palms meets the sea — Souda is the westernmost beach of the long Plakias shorefront, on the south coast of Rethymno in Crete. It forms at the mouth of a narrow, deep-green…
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Ligkres
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The long shore with the waterfall — Ligres spreads along the south coast of Rethymno, Crete, about 7 kilometres south of the village of Kerames, at the foot of Mount Siderotas. It is a…
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Triopetra
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The "Three Rocks" on the Libyan coast — The name means literally "three rocks", after the three large rocks rising at the shore. A small peninsula divides two beaches, on the south Libyan…
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Mikri Triopetra
Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
Beneath the three rocks — Mikri Triopetra, also known as Koumado, lies on the south coast of Rethymno, Crete, below the village of Akoumia, just south of the three huge rocks…
- Paralia Gialopotama Pebbles - Easy path
- Fotinari Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Katsouni Sand & pebbles - Easy path
- Peristeres Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Rodakino Moderate access
- Agia Marina Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
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Ammolofi Agiou Pavlou
Sandy - Passable dirt road
The great sand dunes of Cape Melissa — The Ammolofoi (Sandhills) of Agios Pavlos stretch along the south coast of Rethymno, Crete, on the western side of Cape Melissa, between the small…
- Podare Pebbles - Easy path
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Agia Galini
Moderate access
The harbour from which, the myth says, Icarus flew — The beach belongs to a seaside settlement and small harbour on the south coast of Crete, in the Agios Vasileios municipality of Rethymno, where the…
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Damnoni
Sandy - Easy road access
The bay with hidden coves — A wide bay with turquoise water and coarse white sand, ~5 km east of Plakias. The western end is organised (sunbeds, sports, diving), while the…
- Glima Pebbles - Easy path
- Prasonisi Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Korakas Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Skinos Pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Anatolika Sandy - Easy path
- Finikidia Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
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Schinaria
Sandy - Easy road access
The little cove below Lefkogeia — Schinaria lies on the south coast of Rethymno in Crete, in the Lefkogeia community of the Agios Vasileios municipality, a few kilometres east of…
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Mikro Ammoudi
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The little white cove of Plakias — Mikro Ammoudi, also known as Ammoudaki, is a small cove on the south coast of Rethymno, Crete, next to Damnoni and a few kilometres east of Plakias.…
- Paralia Dynonisos Rocky - Easy road access
- Chochlakas Pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Paralia Kefala Sandy - Easy path
- Pachia Ammos Sand & pebbles - Easy path
- Agios Georgios Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Plakias
Sandy - Easy road access
The resort at the foot of the gorge — About 1.3 km of fine golden sand shelving gently into the bay, backed by mountains and facing the Libyan Sea, ~21 km south of Rethymno. The name…
- Klimata Pebbles - Passable dirt road
- Polyrizos Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
Which beaches in Rethymno may be better when the meltemi blows?
The bays listed here are shielded from the meltemi in the exposure model, so they may be more comfortable when it blows. Local conditions still vary, so confirm wind and waves before you go.
Does this guarantee low waves?
No. Shelter shows which coasts are shielded from a wind direction, not guaranteed calm or low waves. On strong-wind days follow local flags and check live wind and waves in the app.