Balos Beach Crete Chania Area

Balos Beach is a world-renowned and visually spectacular coastal lagoon situated on the northwestern tip of the Gramvousa Peninsula featuring a landscape of vivid turquoise and emerald waters and exotic white and pink sand created by millions of crushed seashells in a protected Natura 2000 environment that is accessible via a rugged dirt road or a scenic boat ride from Kissamos providing a surreal and powerful connection to the geological forces of the island as the shallow warm waters of the lagoon contrast with the deep blue of the open sea in a setting that is widely considered one of the most photographed and beautiful natural landscapes in the Mediterranean.