Agia Pelagia Beach

Agia Pelagia Beach is a beach in Malevizi, Heraklion, Crete. Agia Pelagia Beach is situated nearby to the dive center Diver’s Club Crete, as well as near Blue Water Club.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agia Pelagia and Achlada.

Agia Pelagia

Village

Photo: Stegop, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Agia Pelagia is a popular seaside resort in the municipality of Malevizi, 23 km northwest of Crete's capital city of Heraklion. In former times, Agia Pelagia was a tiny fishing village and a place for the residents of nearby Achlada village to grow their crops.

Achlada

Village

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Achlada is a village and a community in the Cretan municipality of Malevizi, and belongs to the municipal unit of Gazi, in Heraklion regional unit. The inhabitants are shepherds and farmers who cultivate mostly fruits and vegetables in the surrounding hills and landscape, which are few kilometres from the sea shore. Achlada is situated 3 km southwest of Agia Pelagia Beach.

Rodia

Village

Photo: C messier, CC0.

Rodia is a village and a community of Gazi municipal unit in Heraklion regional unit on the island of Crete, Greece. The community of Rodia is spread on 21.6 km2 and encircles following villages and areas: Rodia, Kapetanaki Metochi, Linoperamata, Pantanassa, Palaiokastro, Savatiana Monastery. Rodia is situated 4½ km south of Agia Pelagia Beach.

Agia Pelagia Beach

Type: Beach
Category: landform
Location: Malevizi, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

35.4062° or 35° 24′ 22″ north

Longitude

25.01869° or 25° 1′ 7″ east

Open location code

8G77C249+FF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 223016647

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

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In Other Languages

From Greek to Russian—“Agia Pelagia Beach” goes by many names.

Greek: “Παραλία Αγία Πελαγία”
Russian: “Пляж Агиа-Пелагиа”

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