Discovery DE the most beach DE Crete 😊 - Very good organization and excellent welcome! A magnificent discovery DE this sublime beach and DE their other stopping places that allowed us DE know the customs and riches of Crete

A cobbled together tour to make a few euros - I am not saying avoid at all costs, but make our own arrangements. We left our hotel at near Kaylves at 0750, arrived in Chania at 0820, and then had to change onto another coach. Then we got to the Monastery at 1000 and we were told that we would be leaving by 1030. The monastery itself is impressive, but there is a shop that has been plonked there to rip tourists off with overpriced refreshments. This is sold as an opportunity to have breakfast. We arrived at the beach at around 1130 and remained till 1445 hours. Yes the beach itself was very impressive, pink sand can be seen in parts. It is still a fairly new idea as they were putting up more food stands and similar plots. 50 cents to use the toilets. I was told that we would stop off for lunch which we were told in advance we could purchase. But again you can see they have a deal with 3 or 4 restaurants where they are told will drop of "x" amount of customers a week. Food itself was nice. We arrived at 1530 and left at 1630 hours, did not get back to Chania town until gone 1835. All in all over 6 hours on a coach, that was too much and we were told 90 mins there and 90 minutes back. Can I suggest getting a hire car and going to the Monastery and then the beach. But 2 adults and 2 children total 120 euros is tooooooooo much Special mention for the, he was 55-60 spoke fluently in English, German and explained the sites to us in perfect detail.