Today I’m choosing the car 🙂 this small one will be perfect:) We are going to visit Chania prefecture.
Of cause cabriolet 🙂 to get tanned while Andrew is driving 🙂
The main roads are perfect here! It’s very comfortable to drive!
We reached the village of Vouves!. What is so special about this place?
Here is the answer: an olive tree estimated to be 3,000 years old!!!
It’s easy to park and find the tree. It’s free to visit.
You know, we are a travelling quite a lot and sometimes as years passes I can’t recall cities visited. But such remarkable nature wonders as Grand Canyon, Sequoya Forest of 3000 year old olive tree are stuck in my memories. :)))
That’s why we are here! This tree is so unique! It will stay in my mind forever, for sure!!!
How many people can say they’ve touched the oldest olive tree in the world? Can you even imagine? This tree was an eyewitness of glory and ruins of Roman Empire, dark times of Middle Ages, dozen of new cultures and religions dawn and dusk. Nevertheless, is still bringing crops. A mind is too tiny to acknowledge that.
Here is a small museum dedicated to olive growing and of cause tiny shop where you can buy local olive oil and olives.
You can rest for a while in a small shaded tavern
They will advice you a perfect Greek sweets 🙂
It’s time to move on! Through mountains!!
During our drive we stopped in a small villages for a coffee and home made wine. Of cause, I really enjoy these small shops on the road.
You can get home made raki/olive oil….
and buy some fresh oranges for a good price! The most important is the fact you can be fully confident in freshness of any fruit or vegetable.
We reached our goal 🙂 it’s popular touristic place – Elafonisi beach.
There is free parking zone near the beach.
Time to rest!! Here you can swim, rent a kite, sup or get tanned in gentle dunes 🙂 But do not allow the sun to fool yourself! it burns with gigantic fireball power! The sun protection cosmetics is a must here!!!! or skin cancer may be the result if ignorance!
There are a plenty of sun beds and umbrellas for your comfort + bars and small taverns all around to get cold drinks))
Fine white soft sand beach is a perfect place to rest 🙂 However it is pretty crowdy there.
But what is the main reason of us being here? Aaaaand the answer is to see and enjoy pinkish – white sand!
Elafonisi beach is really unique with it’s pink sand – color from the thousands of crushed shells.
Plus shallow crystal clear and warm water make this place perfect for a family day trip 🙂
The entire area is part of “Natura 2000” special environmental protection program of the European Union. So please, do not ruin the nature centennial masterpiece!
I hope you will enjoy one day Elafonisi’s magic!
I would say this is one of the best beaches in the world!
We spend all the rest of the day here!
Ate our lunch nearby the beach..
On our way back we visited Komolithi (sand dunes).
They are special dunes consisting of soft clay that over time has acquired these wonderful conic shapes due to erosion.
This place isn’t signed and hasn’t special managed access, but you can easily walk here and see it from the road. No special parking places 😦
Very unique place, would assume that it might disappear in 20-30 years.
Enjoying the sun set on our way back.
Tomorrow will be new day, new emotions:)
See you tomorrow 🙂
The journey to be continued…
Don’t sit at home. Travel! Travel with me! 🙂 Meaww!
Next day…Day 4. The Lassithi Plateau. Homo sapiens museum. Cave of Zeus. Agios Nikolaos.
Previous day… Day 2. Tree stones in Triopetra. Preveli palm beach. Old town in Rethymno.
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