To the far north of Falassarna. In the past, a long hike. A new road leads almost all the way, leaving just a short walk down the stairs. A 4-wheel-drive car is recommended. The road is not easy: 8 kilometres of mountain road along a very stony road and later 8 kilometres back, but it is possible. At the end of the road you follow the path over the mountain (you cannot miss it, says my contributor) to the steps down to the bay. It takes approximately half an hour. Down you go to the right side of the beach, where the sand is less clean.

It is a beautiful place with a lot of rocks to "hide" behind. The water is no deeper than approximately 1.5 metres at the most - but this means a long walk before it is possible to swim. There is said to be room for everybody. Lovely sandy beach - peaceful until the sight-seeing boats arrive.

You can go from the Falassarna harbour or Kissamos to Balos Bay by boat, taking in the island Nisos Gramvousa (and its castle) for some hours, before you come to the bay.

At the other end of the beach, next to the restaurant, there are also quiet places.

Pictures of the beach appear in nearly all Crete postcard photosets, and my reporter had read a lot of comments on how excellent the beach is so they decided to visit it. Road to the beach is not good, but is acceptable, we used small, not 4x4 car and there were no problems. Indeed, the beach is really scenic!

Balos Bay

Balos Bay

4:04 am, May 16, 2025

19°C

clear sky

Humidity: 70 %

Pressure: 1006 mb

Wind: 6 mph

Wind Gust: 11 mph

Clouds: 5%

Visibility: 10 km

Sunrise: 6:20 am

Sunset: 8:24 pm

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