Preveli Palm Beach and Damnoni Beach from Rethymno
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Preveli Palm Beach and Damnoni Beach from Rethymno
By Markidis Travel
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Ages 18-99, max of 50 per group
Duration: 9h
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: German, English, French
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- Tour guide
What's not included- Boat ticket from Preveli to Damnoni 8€ per Person
- Boat Ticket 11€ per Person adult / 6€ child
- extra charge 18€ per booking for Panormo area
- Entry/Admission - Preveli Beach
- Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
- Markidis Travel, Sofokli Venizelou 42, Rethymno 741 33, Greece
Pickup details- we do not pick up travellers from Kavros and Georgioupolis
Hotel pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 140026P3- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Most travellers can participate
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 50 travellers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 140026P3
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- 1Two hours of free time to swim and enjoy the nature.
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- Voyage8123600 contributionsExcellent TripExcellent trip. Long journey but travelling in a luxurious coach helped. Great guide. Anastasia was very knowledgeable and friendly. Everything went like clockwork. Agios Nikolaos was beautiful and Spinalonga was a very interesting island. A boat trip with swimming was included which added to the fun. Overall, highly recommended.Written 6 October 2024
- drewl8080 contributionsThe Only Excursion You NEED to Book in Crete!Markidis Travel is the ONLY company you should be booking this excursion with! Nectarios the travel guide and Constantine (Costas) the bus driver (and lyra player!!) were both absolutely amazing. The best highlight was the trip to the restaurant where we had authentic Cretan cuisine as a group and enjoyed live Cretan music and were taught how to dance the traditional Cretan dance. It was almost the best part of our entire trip and HIGHLY recommend it to anyone wanting to experience authentic Cretan culture! You also get to learn a lot about the history of Crete. We would rate higher than 5 stars if possible!Written 6 October 2024
- callumr8430 contributionsSuper Experience!An absolutely unreal experience. The driver and tour guide were exceptional speaking English and also French. We started at a place called Argiropoulis for a small tour of their green area filled with trout/water/waterfalls and tavernas, then on to the local village where the grow avocados (shop there as well). The views are unreal. Lake Kournas for another 2.5 hours where you can rent a pedallo boat and go for a swim, see turtles etc then have some food/shop locally before they take you to an olive oil making factory. The entire trip started from our hotel at 0930 and we were back for 1730-1800. It was only £25 each return and it was the best money I have spent in a long, long time. Do not hesitate to book this tour - it is simply brilliant. Great knowledge from the guys, super friendly and very informative. We will definitely use again when we come back to Crete!Written 6 October 2024
- Escape454012620830 contributionsFabulous day!!Highly recommended! Great trip with a lovely tour guide and driver. The beach was beautiful! A real must when you visit Crete.Written 26 September 2024
- W1679MBsimonw0 contributionsexcellent value, but LONG day...Positives: Guide and driver were superb, the guide was passionate in what he talked about and his grasp of english and german were excellent. They dealt with a detour and problem with the bus with great professionalism. The locations we stopped at were amazing, possibly we stayed a bit long at some of them, definitely too long at the taverna (in my opinion), I saw several people "flagging" after this and seemed to "switch off"... but all in all, whilst a very long day, it was worth it. Also you need cash for the taverna, they don't take cards. Negatives: Some of the tavernas in the pottery region were very poor (nothing to do with tour itself). If they don't have a menu, run! Also tried to charge extras we did not order.Written 22 September 2024
- cp4520140 contributionsGreat value, excellent tripThis tour was great value and well organised! I received confirmation and reminder emails with clear instructions. The coach turned up on time as advised and from the minute we got on board the guide was excellent. She was very knowledgeable and told us many of fantastic stories about the areas we were passing in the coach. We arrived in Agios Nikolaos and had an hour and a half before we needed to board the boat, so enjoyed some shopping and food. The boat trip over to Spinalonga was comfortable and stopped half way to allow for swimming. Personally I would have preferred more time on Spinalonga and skipped the swim break but it seemed to go down well with other guests. Spinalonga was absolutely fantastic, with a great 30 minute intro from a guide to start and then around an hour to explore on our own. Having read the book “The Island” by Victoria Hislop, made the trip even more memorable.Written 21 September 2024
- Jilawan B0 contributionsBeautiful but too crowdedThe tour operators were enjoyable and friendly. I liked that he shared about the history of the area and landscape. Beach was beautiful but possibly overrated and very crowded.Written 19 September 2024
- haileyt8250 contributionsA Wonderful Day Exploring Authentic CreteSuch a fantastic day! We originally booked for the Monastery (which is beautiful), but we visited Melidoni Caves, Margarites, a gorge and a fantastic Greek taverna. The taverna was excellent. Niktarious the guide was a fantastic host, demonstrating and teaching Greek dances. Everyone got up and had a good time! The bus driver Kostas played some of the music on his Lyre which was such a lovely experience. It's a long day but we had such an amazing time! Full video of our day available on Tik tok @knowbeforeyougo and Insta @knowbeforeyougoig 10/10Written 14 September 2024
- 671gordons0 contributionsGreat day out, lots of time to exploreWe had a great time, the guide was friendly and gave lots of information as did the driver. The waterfalls of Argiroupoli were a little underwhelming, but we didn’t know to venture down from where the bus parked - and from pictures they look better there. The lake was amazing, highly recommend a pedalo over to the right of the lake to try and see the turtles - we were luck and saw one. The olive oil factory was an ideal end to the day, short but informative. Definitely recommendWritten 9 September 2024
- maharg0 contributionsGreat day out.Fantastic trip with so many things to see. The tour guide was brilliant with his enthusiasm and knowledge. The driver brilliantly negotiated some very difficult roads and then at the lunch stop was one of the musical duo playing the lyre. The only thing I would pick at was lunch at 3:45 was a bit late.Written 9 September 2024
- W923EDsvenk0 contributionsGreat tripGreat tour with a lot of time for exploring the lake! The guide and driver were super nice and helpful. Important to know is that the trip takes longer than described because of the long times you get at each place. Great value for the money!Written 6 September 2024
- MihaelaU020 contributionsMy trips to PreveliThe best travel agency I have used in Rethymnon and Chania area! I highly recommend it ! Anastasia is a excellent guide, very knowledgeable, attentive. She speaks French, German and English fluently and she is friendly and kind. They are highly professional and have really good prices!Written 2 September 2024
- GrandTour552840050350 contributionsGreat tripExcellent trip ans special thanks to the driver and singer Costa :) and also the super guide Nectarus We highly recommend this travel agencyWritten 25 August 2024
- andreeea0 contributionsPerfect Day!A top guide with a top driver made our day beautiful. While going through the mountains to the Elafonissi beach, the guide explained us about history about nature. They stoped at 2 very good taverna where we could eat what ever we dream and also we could buy local olive oil. Elafonissi Beach is spectacular and really has pink sand.Written 22 August 2024
- Departure771970 contributionsMust visit!The driver was amazing, got a good history of the landmarks we passed. The beach itself was crowded, but if you walk across the water to the island, it's an absolute DREAM. crystal clear water, pink beaches, silk soft sand. The pickup is at 250pm which actually turned out well since it got way too hot and there were no available umbrellas. Definitely a trip you must take!Written 13 August 2024
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Excellent excursion!
Mr. Kostas the driver is impeccable and kind.
Anastasia is an excellent hostess! Fluent in English and German and with a sweetest voice he explained everything!
Preveli is very overpriced, it is not organized so take a beach umbrella with you.
It has a canteen with many tables under the pines and trees to spread beach towels, but they were already taken.
Lots of people!!
Palm forest..don't imagine..
You don't lose anything if you don't click.
Stay in Damnoni it's WONDERFUL!! I recommend Mesogios taverna!!! 1.5 hours Damnoni is not enough if you want to order nafate and dive into the wonderful sea.
On the contrary, 2.5 hours of Prevelis did not pass.
Like experiential excellence.
We also went to Spili, which is also WONDERFUL!!
Mr. Kostas the driver is impeccable and kind.
Anastasia is an excellent hostess! Fluent in English and German and with a sweetest voice he explained everything!
Preveli is very overpriced, it is not organized so take a beach umbrella with you.
It has a canteen with many tables under the pines and trees to spread beach towels, but they were already taken.
Lots of people!!
Palm forest..don't imagine..
You don't lose anything if you don't click.
Stay in Damnoni it's WONDERFUL!! I recommend Mesogios taverna!!! 1.5 hours Damnoni is not enough if you want to order nafate and dive into the wonderful sea.
On the contrary, 2.5 hours of Prevelis did not pass.
Like experiential excellence.
We also went to Spili, which is also WONDERFUL!!
Written 4 August 2023
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May 2024 • Couples
Excellent day ! My husband and I really liked it. The palm grove is superb. The bus driver was great. As for our guide, Anastasia, she was wonderful, attentive to each member of her group, she switched from English to German and French with incredible ease. Especially at Markidis, do everything to keep it! She's great !!! 😍. (Excursion carried out on Thursday May 2, 2024 - Atrium Hotel) 👌👌👌
Written 10 May 2024
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Jun 2023 • Solo
beautiful trip! got lots of time to explore both Preveli and Spilli with lots of photo opportunities, i thoroughly enjoyed this excursion, staff were amazing very friendly, nice and informative definitely would recommend!!
Written 15 June 2023
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Jul 2021
Our choice was the south trip. Beutiful Barbara and Costas, the driver made our day! Excellent guide, human reproach and joyful ride through village of Spili, Preveli Monastery, Damnoni beach and Preveli palm forest! Barbara is true storyteller, professional and beautiful human being. She speaks four languages, as far as I know ;-) We enjoyed great view of the gorge (I hae to mention the great music during the ride). I highly recommend Markidis agency.
Thank you, great guys!!!!
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Thank you, great guys!!!!
Kisses from Belgrade, Serbia, Ognjen & Ivana
Written 3 August 2021
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May 2023
We thoroughly enjoyed this excursion. Excellent and well organised tour guides, Anastasia and Costas and our bus driver Yanas, took great care of us throughout. Prevali palm forest was simply beautiful. We definitely recommend going on a tour with these guys. Thank you so much for making our trip a truly memorable one...your friends from St.Helena! :-)
Written 12 May 2023
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sandra20052015
Lokeren, Belgium
Sept 2024 • Couples
Arrived at the ‘wrong’ parking first. Turns out palm beach was the other side of the mountain. You can go there on foot over the mountain, but we took the car and drove around. This car park is mega high, so a huge descent along stone steps awaits you. Once descended beautiful view over the lagoon and palm tree forest. Very nice beach with bar, no sun loungers! Boulders in the water. Walking you can take through the forest, also in the lagoon very nice pictures. Cold water though! Together with the gorge in the morning, had a brilliant day.
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Written 29 September 2024
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Oct 2023 • Couples
We really recommend this travel agency. Great help with booking and exellent guide/driver. Very easy pick-up. We enjoyed our trip.
Written 10 October 2023
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VickiBetts
Preston, UK
Aug 2023 • Couples
Really excellent tour - informative, not time pressured, exceptionally well organised, comfortable and friendly. Highly recommend both this tour and the company.
Written 8 August 2023
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Jul 2023 • Family
this place is amazing literally amazing! the view is absolutely gorgeous! i loved this place because you can go to the beach or to the river that is absolutely stunning! the beach isn’t that much of a big deal but if you go to the river it’s gorgeous (i advise you to go to the end of the river because it isn’t so good at the begging) to get to the end of the river you’ll need to walk - swim - climb a bit but its definitely worth it, the water is fresh and clean, there are some small water falls that are gorgeous i really enjoyed going there but you’ll need to bring shoes (for the rocks) and no phone (if you have a go-pro no) because you’ll get wet easily. it’s one of the best places i ever visited it gives a feeling of freedom and it’s amazing for pictures!
Written 27 July 2023
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Everything is organized. You never felt left alone. We would never have seen such beautiful beaches if we hadn't booked this
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Written 10 October 2024
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I am trying to book for Wednesday July 14th and the site will not let me. it is trying to book me for Wednesday May 19th.
Written 15 May 2021
Hi,
We are living in Chania.
Where should we be picked up for this tour?
Thanks
Kind regards,
Vina
Written 3 July 2019
Hi,
We are living in Chania.
Where should we be picked up for this tour?
Thanks
Kind regards,
Vina
Written 3 July 2019
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