Crete tourist guide

A month ago we reported on the introduction of a large increase in the price of tickets to one of Crete's biggest tourist attractions - Spinlonga, the former leper island. At the beginning of April, tickets went up from 8 to 20 euros, now it turns out that the drastic increase in prices has significantly reduced the number of visitors to this place.

Kedrodasos is, in our opinion, one of the most beautiful Cretan beaches. Although it is located just a kilometer from Elafonissi, it is still a wild place without tourist hustle and bustle and beach infrastructure. Although Kedrodasos is still outside the area of interest of mass tourism, it is impossible not to notice that its popularity is slowly growing.

For more information on this stunningly beautiful place, check out this article . You can also see Kedrodasos in this video by Theofilos Bamboulis on Point of View GR.

From the beginning of 2025 to mid-June, 27 rescues were carried out on Cretan trails. 18 people were injured and 4 people unfortunately died from their injuries. Most of the people who needed help on the trails were hikers who ignored the weather conditions and their own fatigue, or underestimated the difficulty of the route. The majority of rescues took place in canyons, mountains and on isolated trails, and only one incident involved a beach in Crete.

On June 11, the Greek parliament adopted a new Road Traffic Code by majority vote. The new, very strict regulations are intended to help combat the most common road traffic offences, such as speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol and using a mobile phone while driving.
If you have plans to travel to Greece by car or motorbike on your own this year, it is worth getting to know the new rules. They will apply not only to Greek citizens but to anyone driving on the roads there, and the Greek police will certainly be scrupulous in using the new law and the much higher tariffs.

One of the Cretan portals has recently described unfair practices used by the owners of parking lots located on the famous Elafonissi beach.

Unfair practices were used by one of the parking lots located at the top of the Google Maps screenshot
[screenshot source https://www.google.pl/maps/ ]

More than 2 years ago, the Kissamos municipal council decided to implement regulations to protect the Elafonissi beach area. Specifically, it was about closing the former wild parking lot located right next to the beach, because this area actually belonged to a protected ecological zone. In a well-understood concern for the natural environment, the municipal authorities banned parking cars in this place, and from then on, tourists had to leave their cars along the asphalt road leading to Elafonissi. The situation was quickly exploited by enterprising businessmen, and private parking lots began to be built along the access road.

In 2025, Greece took second place in the world in terms of the number of beaches awarded the Blue Flag, thus reinforcing its very high position, second only to Spain. This year, the characteristic blue flags will fly on 623 Greek beaches, 17 marinas and 17 tourist ships. This prestigious distinction testifies to the highest standards of water purity, safety and availability of beach infrastructure. Crete, as a region of Greece, received a total of 153 awards: 145 for beaches and 2 for marinas.