• Region: Rethymno
  • Duration: full day
  • Concept: cognitive, nature
  • Tour days: daily
  • Travel style: escorted coach touring
  • Places visited: Elafonisi Beach, Kedrodassos Beach, Martsakis Winery

One of the best Instagram location photo locations. One of the most beautiful beaches worldwide. One of the “Top Ten Places to Visit in Crete”. All these titles belong to the small island of Elafonisi in the southwest of Crete.

Another beach is located about 1 km east of the well-known Elafonisi Lagoon. It is filled with juniper trees that look like cedars and sand dunes. The cedar forest stretches along the beach for approximately 110 acres. The beach has white sand, and the sea has crystal-clear turquoise waters. It is mostly rocky, but there are several spots with sand.

Enjoy a wine-tasting session introducing you to the terroirs and tastes of the region, followed by a small wine tour in the scenic vineyards of Martsakis Winery.

Tour highlights:

  • Plan to spend half a day immersing yourself in the most Instagrammable locations in Crete: Elafonisi Beach and Kedrodassos Beach;
  • Enjoy swimming, making amazing photos, and relaxing time;
  • Explore the most popular wines of Crete during the visit to a winery.

How to prepare:

  • Comfortable clothing and walking shoes
  • Sun hat
  • Sunscreens
  • Cash for extra costs and personal expenses
  • Swimming accessories

*In case of pregnancy, any health issues, or disability please contact us to reconfirm if this tour is suitable for you.

Cancellation policy:

  • 24 hours or less: no refund
  • 48 hours or less: 50% cancellation fee
  • 96 hours or less: 25% cancellation fee
  • 96+ hours: full refund

7 AM:

Our guide will pick you up at the gate of your hotel.

*You must wear comfortable clothes and shoes, a hat, and put on sunscreen (use on all parts of your skin exposed to the sun, including the ears, back, shoulders, and the back of the knees and legs). Among the personal belongings you will have on tour, please take cash for paying your expenses (some shops and restaurants do not accept credit cards), and swimming accessories.

9 AM:

We start with Elafonisi. Elafonisi Island and Beach are places of white sand dunes, crystal-clear turquoise waters, and coral-pink sand. Our “Cretan Maldives” are waiting for you to discover them. Free time on the beach.

11:00 AM:

Another beach—a different beauty. The area belongs to the NATURA 2000 network. According to community and national legislation, the “cedar forest” is a priority habitat and belongs to the “coastal cedar sand dunes,” with two species of these trees, Juniperus macrocarpa, and Juniperus phoenicea.

1:30 PM:

We complete our tour by visiting the winery. You will discover a unique winery, and taste their most popular wines.

2:30 PM:

Boarding the coach for departure to the hotel


  • Pick up and return to your hotel
  • Transfer by comfortable coach
  • Water in the coach
  • Guide accompanying
  • Sunbeds & umbrellas on the beach
  • Local products purchase (optional)
  • Lunch (optional)

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