Plakias, Crete, Greece

The small town of Plakias on Crete had been highly recommended to us by multiple people, and so from Heraklion, we took a long bus ride to the town. The drive wasn't super enjoyable, but there was good scenery, such as a massive gorge, beautiful beaches, mountains galore, and a plethora of solar panels. Once we arrived, we walked a kilometer or so to our hotel, The Horizon Beach Hotel; because it was now into the off-season, most places were closed or partially closed, including Horizon Beach. Due to this fact, there was no included breakfast with our room, but to make up for it, the owners gave us money off, as well as upgraded us to a full villa free of charge. It was the biggest place we stayed at the entire trip, aside from Uncle Robert's.

The week we stayed in Plakias, was probably the most easy-going of all the stays of our trips, as there wasn't much going on in the town; we spent most of our time either at the beach, or walking the mountain roads exploring. On two of the days, we walked the mountain roads up to two smaller towns; Sellia, and Mirthios, which felt pretty 'authentic'. Another day it rained like crazy, and we just wandered around Plakias, checking out some dirt roads and then watched movies/read. Really close to Plakias' main beach were these tunnel things that were pretty crazy, I googled it, and found an article which said that they were made by pirates or something, as Crete was very popular with pirates. Since we had our own kitchen, we made some pretty good meals, as well as went out this one night and had some more authentic Greek food. Overall, Plakias was really chill, and a good way to say farewell to Greece and the Mediterranean.

Our Hotel And View From Balcony (9 Images)

Part of the Villa, I Took a Video Tour of the Whole Apartment Which I Will Upload Later

Pictures of Around Plakias (13 Images)

Plakias From Afar

Closer View of Plakias From Afar. Small Beach on Left is Just Below Our Hotel, Where the Sunset/Sandcastle Pictures Were Taken. Long Beach on Right is Plakias' Main Beach.

I Tried Fishing Using Some Tangled Line and a Rusty Hook Tied to a Broken Metal Pole, Using Garlic Bologna as Bait. It Wasn't Very Effective.

Not Sure What This Is, But Some Fishermen Were Catching Huge Ones, Around A Meter Long

Various Beach Pictures (41 Images)

The Left Side of Plakias' Main Beach When Facing the Water. The Cliff in the Distance is Where the Caves/Tunnels Were (Crtl+Click for bigger view)

The Right Side of Plakias' Main Beach When Facing Water

The Previously Mentioned Smaller Beach Below Our Hotel

Our Sandcastle

Various Food Pictures (11 Images)

Le Chef Danielle In Our Mini Kitchen

Rather Unique A. Le Coq "Mixture of Cactus, Lemon and Gin" Girl Drink. Was Interesting

Above Drink Outta Can

Saganaki, or Fried Cheese. AMAZING

Danielle's Gyro Plate

Don't Remember What This Was Called, But It Was Basically A Chicken Casserole Concept

Complementary Tsikoudia Digestif. Think of the Worst Liquor You've Ever Had, Now Times That By 10^8 and That's How Bad It Is. Think Rubbing Alcohol

 Our Trip Up To The Town Of Mirthios (20 Images)

Can't Remember If I've Mentioned This Before, But These Building Skeletons Are Everywhere In Greece

Plakias, As Seen From Mirthios

Something About This Guy Named George (Could of Guessed) And How Not To Forget Him. This Plaque Was Just Chilling On The Side Of A Remote Road

Ducks Casually Chilling Out Under Some Olive Trees

Our Walk Up To Sellia (10 Images)

Plakias as Seen from the Road to Sellia

Mirthios as Seen from Sellia

Spray Painted Sheep Just Below The Above Shown Church/Graveyard

Sellia and the Above Shown Church

A Monument In Front Of What Appears To Be A School. The Picture Is Blurry Because At This Point My Camera Finally Bit The Bullet. It Had Been Limping Along For Quite Awhile, But Now Was Time To Lay It To Rest

Our Spelunking Adventure, With Video To Come (21 Images)

The Huge Cliff By The Main Beach, On The Way To The Caves. Notice Little Danielle

One Of The Many Hooks Used For Climbing Drilled Into the Cliff

Apparently There's These Hawks That Are Pretty Common Around These Parts, I'm Gonna Guess That's One Of Them (Ctrl+Click to Expand)

Plakias and It's Beach as Seen From Cliff Base

One of the Crevices

A Smaller Cave, Really Really Stunk, As Shown Below

Inside the Above Cave

View of the Tunnel Enterance, As Well As Some Ruins on the Right

Tunnel Segments

The Other Tunnel Segment

At the End of the Tunnels is This Old Wall, Most Likely To Conceal Ships From Outside The Cave

More Ruins Which Were Pictured Above

The Trail Connecting The Beach and the Tunnel

 Random Pictures To Follow (Six Images)

Unless You Ctrl+Click and Zoom In You Won't Be Able To See It, But There's What Appears to Be A Drill Platform Being Towed Across The Horizon. We Saw A Few of Whatever It Is Over the Week

A Sorta Better View of Above Mentioned Thing, But The Picture Does No Justice. Whatever It Is, It Was Weird