{"id":2516,"date":"2015-12-22T14:53:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T11:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelockg.wwwnlss2.a2hosted.com\/grecia-turismo.gr\/?page_id=2516"},"modified":"2026-08-21T17:03:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:03:53","slug":"crete-gay-bar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grecia-turismo.gr\/?page_id=2516","title":{"rendered":"Crete Bar & Beaches Gay Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Crete does not have a large permanent gay village, but it features specific LGBTQ+-friendly venues and recurring party events spread across its major towns. The primary spots include dedicated gay-friendly bars in Heraklion and Malia, alongside pop-up queer parties in Chania<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Top Gay-Friendly & Naturist Beaches<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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Sarantari<\/span> Beach near Hersonissos<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Heading from Heraklion to Agios Nikolaos, right after Hersonissos, you will meet the Creta Maris Hotel and the Hersonissos Maris Hotel. After these two hotels there is a tavern named Sarantaris. Right in front of this tavern, after climbing down the rocks, you will find an amazing nudist beach, which is one of the most crowded gay friendly beaches in Crete! The water is spectacular and it is almost sure that you will end up meeting several interesting guys. It is definitely the number one choice if what you are looking for in Crete is a gay beach.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Komos Beach near Matala<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Matala is a must see location when in Crete. Very close to this popular area (just use the coordinates\u00a0in Google Maps) you can easily find one of the most popular beaches for gay travelers in Crete. Keep in mind that it is near a village named “Pitsidia”.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Kavros beach near Georgioupolis<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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After the Village of Kavros and before Georgioupolis, there is a wide space near the main road where you can park your car. Right after the small dunes and woods, you will find yourself on a beautiful sandy beach which is considered to be a hot meeting point for gay travelers.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Macherida near Chania<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Macherida beach in Chania is becoming more and more popular to gay men staying in Chania or the nearby regions. Close to the spot of “Akrotiri”, you will meet gay men strolling around looking for good company.\u00a0 Locals claim that there are also some gay spots in other nearby beaches like Agia Roumeli and Agioi Apostoloi, but I will leave it to you to find out if the rumors are true.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Kolokitha Beach near Elounda<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Heading from Elounda to Kolokitha Island, just after the windmills, take a turn towards Agios Fokas. You will see the sea on your right hand. This is a place where you can enjoy some nudism in the earlier hours of the day, while gay guys are seen sunbathing all over the rocks.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Ammoudaki near Rethymno<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Near Damnoni and Plakiasl, look for the spectacular beach named Ammoudaki. There is a nudist area, and many of the gay travelers of the area choose this beach for enjoying the hot greek sun!<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Peristeras Beach near Ierapetra<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Around 5 km from Ierapetra, and while on the beach road leading from Ierapetra to Sitia, you will see a gas station of EKO brand. Right after this you will find the beach named Peristeras. The beach is about 1 km long and there you will meet several gay men swimming, sunbathing, flirting and enjoying the beach.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Popular Spots and Events<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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La Brasserie (Heraklion): A popular, eclectic, and openly gay-friendly cafe-bar in the heart of Heraklion featuring themed music nights, cocktails, and outdoor seating.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Y.O.L.O. Bar (Malia\/Hersonissos area): Known as a welcoming, inclusive spot with reasonable drink prices and a relaxed vibe popular with LGBTQ+ travelers.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Ababa Bar (Chania): A colorful, artsy, and eccentric spot located down a narrow alleyway in Chania\u2019s old town with an inclusive, relaxed daytime and evening atmosphere.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Apollo Party (Chania \/ Heraklion): A popular rotating mobile gay\/queer dance party hosted periodically at changing club venues around the island<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Crete does not have a large permanent gay village, but it features specific LGBTQ+-friendly venues and recurring party events spread across its major towns. The primary spots include dedicated gay-friendly bars in Heraklion and Malia, alongside pop-up queer parties in Chania Top Gay-Friendly & Naturist Beaches Sarantari Beach near Hersonissos Heading from Heraklion to Agios […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2516","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"psp_head":"Gay Tourism Crete-Gay Bar Crete-Crete Friendly Hotels- GayHotels Greece \u2013 Grecia Turismo<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gay Tourism Greece, Gay Tourism Crete, gay friendly Crete\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/grecia-turismo.gr\/?page_id=2516\" \/>\r\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grecia-turismo.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grecia-turismo.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grecia-turismo.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grecia-turismo.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grecia-turismo.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2516"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/grecia-turismo.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122104,"href":"https:\/\/grecia-turismo.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2516\/revisions\/122104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grecia-turismo.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}