South Coast of Crete

The 150 miles of the South coast of Crete are the wildest corner of the Mediterranean Sea. The pilot charts suggest sailing at least 5 miles from the coast to avoid the powerful katabatic winds that fiercely lash the coast falling down from the high mountains of Crete.

This is definitely a quite challenging sail, characterized by swift changes of wind, very few protected bays and a single accessible port; but all of this is rewarded by the mesmerising beauty of the unspoilt and spectacular coast with some stops that are real “must” such as the tiny island of Elafonisi, connected with the mainland by a thin sandy beach fringed with purple shellfish skeletons, the amphitheatre-shaped bay of Loutro, the island of Gavdos the Southernmost point of Europe, the view of the Samaria gorges and the island of Gaidharounisi, a handful of flat rocks set amid a fabulous sea.

In Crete the contact with Nature is unique and incomparable.

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