Preveli Beach & Palm Forest Surprised us! Is it Crete's Best Beach in 2023?

We found the most magical beach in all of the Greek islands. Preveli Beach in the south of Crete is probably the most unique beach we have visited in all our travels. Preveli Beach has a freshwater river that meets the Mediterranean Sea. Along the lagoon, there is a large forest (Palm Forest) of the rare Cretan date palm Phoenix theophrasti. This gives the area an almost tropical look and has contributed to making the beach famous and popular despite its remoteness. Visitors can walk along that and swim in the cold ponds formed in the gorge.
We took a boat from Plakias to Preveli Beach, but you can also park above the beach and walk down the steep cliff for about 45 minutes. We definitely recommend taking the boat if you have children.
Nearby is one of the oldest and holiest monasteries in Crete, the famous Monastery of Preveli. Also known as, Theologos it was was founded in the 17th century, on the site of an older 10th-century chapel. The monastery is beautiful and definitely worth the incredible car ride to the top of the mountain.
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[@raphlvlogs271]

that species of date palm is endemic to Crete.

[@TheGoToFamily]

The date palms are beautiful.

[@MSwift-hb3fk]

I love the overhead shots of the location and the quick dives into the locations' history in these videos, man. Great work as always

[@TheGoToFamily]

Glad you like them! Thank you!

[@claytonbalzan2910]

Dude everywhere I read is 15-20min walk and 5 min walk from the other beach

[@TheGoToFamily]

You could be right. TBH I don't remember where I read but it's possible I could have got wrong info about the 40 mins... I just know we didn't want to take the chance at the time. 😁 Issue for us at the time is that the kiddos were young so we didn't want to risk it, otherwise would have been a total non issue. If you're going there soon, hope you enjoy and let us know how it goes. 👍

[@topopops]

Where did you take the ferry from to get to preveli, didn’t understand from the video. Thanks

[@TheGoToFamily]

We took it from Plakias.

[@jester60ify]

I thought that you can get there also from.AGIA Galini.
Am i right?

[@TheGoToFamily]

I believe so!