Georgioupolis

Georgioupoli is built on the delta of the river Almiros, which floats in from lake Kournas, the only sweet waterlake in Crete. It used to be a swamp area until the late 19th century, and the place was avoided because of fear of malaria. lots of trees were planted to help dry out the swamp (plane trees that collect a lot of water) and a couple of bridges were made to cross the river (which divides the beach in two). Now there are plenty of hotels and pensions, a nice village square with taverns, some souvenir shops and supermarkets, and two churches. One of them is a cute little white church that is set on a pier in the water, the Agios Nikolaos church. You can walk to this church and burn a candle if you like. The sand beach stretches on for ever and ever (it's 10 kilometers long). Some parts have beach chairs, other parts don't, but the whole stretch is good. There's plenty of space and sand for everybody. Compared to some other villages on the north coast of Crete it's rather quiet and relaxed. It's a secretly hidden gem on the heavily build on this part of the coastline.

This is the first real wherigo in Crete.

This is a little walk around in town, where you will see some of the attractions.

You can download the cartrish here.