VAI (FINIKODASOS) beach in KRITI Featured
The most exotic beach in Greece! Full of palm trees in the golden sand! It is simply unbelievable! The largest palme trees forest in Europe!!!
The unique Vai palm-forest lies 92 km east of Agios Nikolaos and occupies an area of 250 square km. It is a tropical landscape which is an exception in Greece. Its unique beauty is reminiscent of tropical locations, as 5,000 palm-trees extend for two miles and reach the beautiful golden beach which attracts scores of swimmers in summer. It is the largest known palm-tree forest throughout Europe.
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According to a local legend, Phoenician merchants arrived here and threw date-seeds, which produced the famous palm-trees (vagia), after which the area was named. It receives a large number of visitors who come to see the rare landscape and enjoy its marvelous sea.