Sunday, 1 June 2025

TRAVEL TUESDAY 499 - PREVELI BEACH, CRETE, GREECE

“There is a kind of flame in Crete - let us call it "soul" - something more powerful than either life or death. There is pride, obstinacy, valour, and together with these something else inexpressible and imponderable, something which makes you rejoice that you are a human being, and at the same time tremble.” ― Nikos Kazantzakis

Welcome to the Travel Tuesday meme! Join me every Tuesday and showcase your creativity in photography, painting and drawing, music, poetry, creative writing or a plain old natter about Travel.
There is only one simple rule: Link your own creative work about some aspect of travel and share it with the rest of us. Please use this meme for your creative endeavours only.
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Preveli Beach (Greek: Φοινικόδασος της Πρέβελης, Finikodasos tis Prevelis) is a beach located on the south coast of the Greek Mediterranean island of Crete. It is located in the municipality of Agios Vasilios in the Rethymno regional unit, not far from the Moni Preveli monastery, whose name also identifies the beach.

According to local legend, the king of Ithaca, Odysseus, remained in the wider area of Lake Preveli after the end of the Trojan War on his return to Ithaca from Troy. The area is a popular tourist destination due to the river, the forest with palm trees in the gorge along the banks of the river, and the sandy beach with clear  turquoise waters. On the beach, there is a rock in the shape of a heart, "The Lovers’ Stone" according to the locals. The area is accessible from the port of Plakias.

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Last week, Jill from Denmark, Western Australia posted some lovely photos of the regatta there. Please visit her blog for more great shots.


3 comments:

  1. Here’s to celebrating the fiery spirit of exploration and the creative journeys that travel inspires in all of us

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  2. Our son was checking out travel to Greece in the newspaper yesterday. He hasn't wanted to travels overseas since the whole Covid thing. And I've always wanted to visit Greece - so who knows! Happy travels, have a wonderful week, and thankyou so much for the link to my pelican post from last week! cheers! Jill.

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  3. Nice meme on Crete J.V, we've been to Greece several times and some of the islands but have missed Crete. My favorite is Patmos and being able to visit the cave where John received the vision of Heaven from Jesus which he received and mainly transfered then to the Bible book of Romans.
    Our last visit besudes Athens was a monastery high atop one of the very steep mountains.
    We've traveled a lot, at least 82 countries, not counting provences and dependencies such as Canada. Also all 50 U.S. states.
    Sorry to rammble, I came to thank you for visiting and comment on my "Over and Over Again" Friday Write. You might like to join the little exercise we write fairly short not to exceed 368 word, being poetry or prose writing.
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    p.s. I've blogged with Jim of Australia .
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