Location

Crete, Lasithi, Near Sitia

Beach Name

Erimoupolis

Other spellings: Ermoupolis, Ermoupoli, Erimoupoli

My Rating Overall

4=very good beach, would go out our way to swim there again

Beach

SP= small pebbles

Sea Floor

SP= small pebbles

Water

5=the sea water was some the best for swimming. We would go way out of our way to swim there again

(just my own unscientific observation of the water feel and appearance)
My family and I enjoy the water when it is crystal clear, and cool instead of warm. We don' like to see any visible floating particles of any kind or algae settled on the beach.

Clothing

Topless sunbathing is not common

Access

Poor=accessible by car, long walk or climb

Parking near the ancient site of Itanos. Walking five minutes north to reach the beach.

Amenities

none

RV / Camper Accessibility

P= RV Room for Parking. Site suitable for parking on the side of the road for the day, but not for camping.

Signs prohibit camping, but I did see many parked there for the day.

Snorkeling

5 = don't go without your mask!

Notes

One of the best beaches we have visited. Nicely secluded, with perfect water. It is sparcely populated during weekdays but it can get crowded during the weekends in July and August.

The nearest restaurants are a ten minute drive south at Vai beach, so bring your own drinking water.

To reach the beach park near the ancient site of Itanos and follow the foot path North, up the little hill for about five minutes.

There is another beach to the visible to the south of the headland, but most people prefer the one described here. The two beaches are separated by a smaller one where few people swim. It looked more like a harbour than a beach.

You can walk up the hill to see the ancient site of Itanos (admission free), but here is not much to see besides some obscure building foundations. The rocky hill that separates the two beaches hosts the ruins of a Byzantine basilica, and the view from up there is worth the climb. If you look closely enough, you will notice that the ancient stones protrute form under the rocks all the way down to the beach directly south of the Basilica rouins. The excavations of the cemetery on the hill to the left of the parking lot as you are looking towards the ocean are also worth a visit.