New breathtaking video from Kaloi Limenes and Chrysostomos famous beaches

This is a new video with breathtaking scenes from the famous beaches of Kaloi Limenes or Chrystostomos or with its Ancient name Lasaia or Lassea.

Kaloi limenes Beaches are starting from Stena Beach facinf south, Psili Ammos is following , Limani and Makria Ammos Beach. A liitle further heading to east is Chrysostomos.

This complex of beaches is located at South Crete and more spesifically south Heraklion just after Asterousia Mountains.

Kaloi Limenes (meaning 'good harbors' or 'fair havens') is a natural port near the southernmost point of Crete. It is close to the village of Lentas (ancient Levin), and the unexcavated remains of Lassea, a port for the ancient settlement of Gortys

The area has a deep hisotry back to ancient times. It was always a harbor either for the minoan civilization or later at Hellinistic and Roman Times.

At the west end of the beach of Chrisostomos there is a "line" of rocks, that heads towards the small isletTrafos. This is the old dock of the ancient town Lassea. The rocks were in that place since 1960s, when they were used for the construction of the Oil Tanks in Kali Limenes. On the island and on the beach, opposite Trafos, you can still see remains of the ancient town of Lasea. A bit further to the west, tombs have been identified.

Saint Paul mentions the town in his Acts for his stay on Crete.

“… we sailed to the lee of Crete opposite Salmone … and came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea … after the fast [Day of Atonement in late September] … the majority decided that we should sail on, hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there … so they weighed anchor and sailed along the [southern] shore of Crete … the ship was caught by the storm … we passed to the lee [south] of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure.” (Acts 27:7-16; NIV translation)

Nowdays The port is the home of a major oil storage and terminal facility, located on the small island of Aghios Pavlos ("Saint Paul") at the port's entrance. The facility has four shore-based storage tanks containing fuel oil and gasoil, pumps of 1,000 cubic metres per hour capacity and three loading docks. The terminal's maximum draft of 40 feet (13.45 metres) enables the facility to handle oil tankers of up to approximately two hundred thousand metric tons of deadweight.

You can reach these fantastic beaches by driving south of Moires to Pompia , then Pigaidakia and heading south you are there after half an hour. The whole drive from Heraklion is little bit more thaan an hour.

00:00 Intro Photo Spots
00:29 Makria Ammos Beach
01:00 Ancient Lassea or Chrysostomos
01:56 Shipwreck Byron
02:10 Kaloi Limenes Views

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