Wonderful , entertaining and heartfelt full-day excursion. - We can really recommend 100 💯! Super bus driver, Lazarus our guide wonderful, very much was told us. You could listen for hours. Everything worked out great. Once again Markidis Markidis.

Great experience - Nice experience at the beach and professional and helpful service. Knowledgeable and friendly guide.

Wonderful!! Watch out for parking - I recommend: don't let the valet fool you who immediately blocks you at the first 5 euro parking, tell him that you have to go to the MEGA MARKET later! After this parking, it is full of space at 3 euros. The beach is about 8 minutes walk from the parking lots, there is space both in the umbrellas / sunbeds for a fee (even at 20 euros!) and as a free beach. The sand is very clear and fine and therefore makes the water very clear, you see very often the beautiful pink sand, the bottom slopes very gently and therefore allows you to lie in the water or swim a little further on, always in super crystal clear waters. We had not prepared for lunch.... and surprise!! There are two bars, one smaller perhaps even better than the other, which offer sandwiches heated on the plate well stuffed to the modest figure of 4.5... a dream for those used to the scams and unnecessarily exorbitant costs!! Even cold water, only 1 euro the 75cl bottle, really super reasonable prices to be on the most beautiful and quoted beach of Crete. Do not miss to go there!!!

Some flaws - We bought the excursion to Elafonissi that starts from rethymno! I must say that they were all very kind and nice and that the times were respected, the only thing not so nice was to make us stop in a place in the middle of nowhere forcing us almost to buy something!

Enjoyable and varied day out - Very easy to book and well organised. Our guide Lazarus was extremely knowledgeable and had many interesting stories about the places we travelled through on the way to Elafonissi. Huge shout out to Costas the driver for his precision driving through the Topolia Gorge which was stunning although I found myself holding my breath along those mountain roads! We stopped off at a village for a break for refreshments , once on way there and once on way back - we felt slightly herded through the cafe on the first stop off although there was no obligation to buy anything. Elafonissi was beautiful although of course very busy. Great for small children as the water is shallow in most of the area. We took Lazarus' advice to go as far as possible over the sand dunes. All of the sunbeds were already taken, and there was no other shade, so we bought an umbrella there 20euros, however because it was so windy (unusually windy even for breezy Crete), we couldn't get the umbrella to stay stuck in the sand. I would recommend taking an umbrella or even better a small beach tent. All in all, a great day out.

Pink Sand ELAFONISI tour - Markidis sales person was very honest in what we would expect and also gave us the reason why, prior to our purchase ,we decided to go ahead. The Guide Anastasia was so full of knowledge (3languages she spoke) and a bundle of Joy to listen to. Dimitirs the driver ,wow real cool hand Luke on the mountainous roads,so comfortable and sure 👍🏽.All in all a Fantastic Day out with Markidis👍🏽

- Well, there is no other beach like this one. Beautiful water. A little bit too many tourists. When we were here 20 years ago it was a different experience, much more calmness and serene experience. The whole trip was very well organized. A stop on the way over there for breakfast and a stop on the way home for the best gyros we've hade here in Crete. Forget about getting a sun bed and bring a lot of sun lotion!!! Special mention: Most wonderful guide Anastasia made the long bus ride much better : ) And the roads are scary but the driver Dmitri was just an excellent driver that made the whole family feel very secure. 5/5

Overrated - The beach is in my opinion overrated. Crowded, with sunbeds and umbrellas free practically unobtainable, very windy area and not easy to reach. To get there you have to do a long hike, which makes it not comfortable.

Cancelled? - We waited for the bus and sent an app when it didn't come, but we only got a cancellation a half hour later by email without a reason.

Liars are shunned - The trip I had been looking forward to but the bus never showed up. When I finally got through to the tour operator Mandraki Travel on the phone, they claimed that my booking did not exist - even though I received several emails about it via Tripadvisor. Five minutes later I got an email that Mandraki gave me a refund - so strange considering they had no booking 🤣🤣🤣