Location: Makrygialos in Greece
Nearest Airport:
Heraklion at 90
Kilometres
Nearest Beach:
beach at 100.0
Metres
Car: recommended
Makrigialos is blessed with 5 separate beaches. The main blue flag sandy beach stretches from the harbour for half a mile providing a safe gently shelving bathing beach ideal for children and family holidays. Couples will also enjoy the variety of beachfront bars tavernas and restaurants that stretch down to the harbour. The main beach offers a range of watersports facilities with good snorkelling off the rocks at the end of the beach.Makrigialos has its own archaelogical site in the remains of a Roman Villa above the pretty harbour. Just a short drive takes you to secluded beaches and coves, interesting Monasteries and hill top churches, the harbour towns of Sitia and Irapetra with its Saturday market, waterfront restaurants bars and tavernas. Spectacular gorges and timeless traditional Cretan villages such as Pefki and Agios Stefanos dot the mountainsides. Makrigialos remains a relatively undiscovered gem of a holiday village. Unspoilt charming full of character a real find.