The beaches on the east of Crete are either stony, man-made of grit from the mountains and
topped with some sand from the ocean bed, there are a lot of beaches that in high season,
benefit from shredded black bin bags and the rubbish that was once in them, washing up
onto the beach!
click here for one such beach! (at bottom of page)
I personally found this region of Crete more tolerant to the huge numbers of strays, cats
and dogs. The conditions of animals on Crete are abysmal,
click here to read further information about animal
welfare on Crete. The huge amount of animal welfare charity volunteers reflect the need to help these wretched animals.
