Location: Mirtos in Greece
Nearest Airport:
Heraklion at 78
Kilometres
Nearest Ferry:
Heraklion at 78
Kilometres
Nearest Beach:
beach at 150
Metres
Car: recommended
Mirtos: this typically Greek village is located 14 kilometres westwards from Ierapetra. Mirtos has approx. 700 inhabitants, in summer as well as in winter. The inhabitants have a lot of respect for their village, their facilities and their traditions. One of those is their hospitality, which makes the tourists feel very well at home in Mirtos. The village has a couple of supermarkets, but also a butcher, bakery, some tourist shops and of course the so-called periptero, a typical Greek kiosk. There are several kafenions (pubs), restaurants and outdoor cafés in the centre of the village or at the beach. Mirtos has an attractive boulevard and some excellent beaches. On one of those beaches, in Mirtos itself, beach chairs and parasols are for rent. But also the beaches in the direct neighbourhood are attractive. Away from the beach it is lovely to walk. A bit further from the village there are some lovely gorges which are certainly not inferior to the famous Samaria-gorge.