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A8005LOsimonb
Just beautiful. Great walk along the gorge to the beach, and a nice dip in the water is perfect reward at the end of it. Picturesque palms and the bluest water!
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gavgee
I drove a Peugeot 206 along a mountain dirt track for about 4 miles in 1st gear !!!! The beach is nice but really not all that. Its the palm forest and fresh water stream running through it thats the attraction. If you love adventure, do it. If you dont like palm trees, dont...
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d_koskinas
We visited Preveli as part of our honeymoon trip in Crete. It was recommended to us by our new friends at Heraclion, so we did not really do alot of research before going. After driving for quite some time (road was good), we finally arrived at the famous beach, only to discover that we had to walk a long long way down a mountain (parking lot is located on top of a mountain and has a fee) during a hot day carrying all our stuff. We arrived completely exhausted and terrified of the moment that we would have to walk up the mountain in order to get to our car ! The beach is nothing special, but there is abeautiful Palm tree forest with is a small river running through it. The local municipality has created a very beautiful path in the forest that takes you to a beautiful little lake. The forest is Breathtaking and worth visiting. On our way out from the forest we went the wrong way and ended up off the beaten path. It was very hard to get back to the beach, as we had to climb over fallen palm trees etc., but I had the opportunity to take some great pictures and I loved it. There was a little tavern for coffee and snacks on the beach. The walk up the mountain back to the car was very very very...very hard...it was great going once, but I do not think I'll do it again in this lifetime...
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Skotakis
Preveli beach is an amazing little piece of heaven located south of the city of Rethymno! The sea is crystal clear (and a little cooler than the northern beaches of Crete). It is also famous for the pine forest that has an amazing natural beauty. You can take a walk in the pine forest as there is a path and you can see the small river that comes from Kourtaliotiko gorge. The place is very relaxing and you can sleep under the trees by the beach.You will need a little bit of stamina to go up and down the mountain since the beach is at the end of the gorge. As you approach the beach by car, there is a municipal parking area at the top of the mountain. Afterwards you need to walk down a paved path which is around 2km but offers a great view (and you will need to go back up that way so take your time) and wear trainers! It can be really hot so have water with you for the walk. At the beach there is a small place to buy food and water, however, I would recommend that you carry your own as well as it can get busy there.There also boats from Plakias village that bring you to the beach, so you can avoid the hiking.It is an amazing beach and I would definitely recommend it.Also, if there is time you can pay a visit to the Prevelis monastery nearby.
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Ys1141963
the beach is a small one. ther is a running river that meet the sea. there are two problems:first you need to fet to the beach be going down (and up on the way back) and then it is not sandy in the water but rocky so it is not nice to go in to the water
