Preveli Beach

Plakias, South Crete · 🇬🇷 Greece

A palm-fringed river spills out of a dramatic gorge to meet the Libyan Sea.

Sea temperature

~25°C in the warm season

Water

Deep blue sea meeting cool river water at the mouth

Sand

Coarse grey-gold sand split by a freshwater palm-lined river

Swimming

Good open-sea swimming plus a river to wade upstream between palms

Best time to visit

Jun–Sep

Setting

The mouth of Kourtaliotiko Gorge with a colony of Theophrastus palms

Beach type

Wild & scenic

Region

Europe

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Photo: Creteman (CC BY-SA 4.0) · source