Trachilos Beach

Trachilos Beach is a beach in Kissamos, Chania, Crete. Trachilos Beach is situated nearby to Trachilos Hominin Footprints, as well as near the art gallery Bonsai and Art.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Trachilos Hominin Footprints and Archaeological Museum of Kissamos.

Trachilos Hominin Footprints

Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.

The Trachilos footprints are possibly tetrapod footprints from the late Miocene on the western Crete, close to the village of Trachilos, west of Kissamos, in the Chania Prefecture. Trachilos Hominin Footprints is situated 230 metres northwest of Trachilos Beach.

Archaeological Museum of Kissamos

Museum

Photo: AWI, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Archaeological Museum of Kissamos is situated 3 km southeast of Trachilos Beach.

Kasteli of Kissamos

Castle

Photo: OpenDeveloper, CC BY 4.0.

Kasteli of Kissamos is a castle, which is situated 3 km southeast of Trachilos Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kissamos and Gramvousa.

Kissamos

Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.

Kissamos is a town and a municipality in the west of the island of Crete, Greece. It is part of the Chania regional unit and of the former Kissamos Province which covers the northwest corner of the island.

Gramvousa

Village

Photo: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gramvousa, also Grampousa, refers to two small uninhabited islands off the coast of a peninsula also known Gramvousa Peninsula in north-western Crete in the regional unit of Chania. Gramvousa is situated 3½ km southwest of Trachilos Beach.

Trachilos Beach

Type: Beach
Category: landform
Location: Kissamos, Chania, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

35.51304° or 35° 30′ 47″ north

Longitude

23.6297° or 23° 37′ 47″ east

Open location code

8G75GJ7H+6V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 350426464

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Greek to Polish—“Trachilos Beach” goes by many names.

Greek: “Παραλια Τραχηλος”
Polish: “Plaża Trachilos”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bonsai and Art and St. Ioanis Prodromos church.

Nearby Places

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