Travel to ... Lendas
Lendas is a small village on the south coast of crete, around 70 km from heraklion airport. It will take you about two hours to travel to lendas by car from heraklion, since the road passes through two of the largest mountains in crete : Psiloritis and Asterousia. It's not easy, but it's well worth the effort. Your tiredness will fade away after a few hours in one of the most peaceful places in mediterranean.
Reaching the village from above you will see the lion-head shaped lendas cape that gave its name to the village (lendas is a name deriverd from the word lion). The village is small, with less than 1000 residents, but you will easily find a place to stay as there are many "rooms to let" and a few hotels.
The beach of lendas, as well as the nearby beach of "trafoulas" are simply magnificent. The water of the libyan sea is quite cold, especially if you are visiting early in the season, but they are very beautiful, and clean. A few restaurants are by the beach, offering fresh fish, and delicious vegetables from the local glass houses and the nearby messara valey.
Lendas is also an ancient Greek and Roman site, and has several archaeological sites (such as the temple of asklipios and the byzantine church of Agios Ioannis Theologos) you can visit if you wish. For the adventurers, the beach of trafoulas (or Dragon Bay), around 10 km east of lendas offers a few caves and a rock climbing site.
Region: Crete
Place: greek islands, heraklion, Lendas, lentas, southern crete
You will find here: Agrotourism, Ancient monuments, Beach, Byzantine monuments, Climbing, Nudist beach
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- 15 International Airports
- 51 marinas
- 227 inhabited islands ( out of 6000 greek islands)
- 430 beaches awarded with the blue flag.
- 9,111 hotels with 693,252 rooms:
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Elounda, Crete
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- : Airplane to Heraklion Airport and bus to Aghios Nikolaos.
- : The airplane tickets cost depends on your departure site, the cost from Athens airport ranges from 60 to 140 Euros. The cost of the bus to Aghios Nikolaos is less than 10 euros and the bus from Aghios nikolaos to Elounda is less than 5 euros.
- : Choose a cosy little apartment over a large hotel.
- : ranging from 40 to 100 euros for two people per night.
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