Amnissos beach — Attraction in Municipality of Chersonissos

Lovely beach which we had to ourselves 😁 we visited during the off-peak season. Absolutely perfect weather for us given the time of the year and that we are from the UK (so weather's generally not lovely). Given 4 stars due to everything being closed which was misrepresented on Google (I thought businesses would at least mention that their business were shut and update business hours). This wasn't a huge issue for us as we brought food, but no toilets were available at all. The worse part of the day was that there were no obvious signage to denote exits to/from the beach. Another thing and this isn't anything to do with the beach, but the buses decided not to come at all and we had to call a taxi. Speaking to the taxi driver this is a normal thing for buses to do in Crete! I would definitely come again, but only during the...

This is our favorite beach near Heraklion, as it is very large, has very soft and nice sand and you can watch the planes take-off and land, which is great for plane spotters such as my daughter. As I mentioned above, there are planes landing and taking-off, as the beach is very close to the Heraklion airport, but they are not disturbing, even though they come pretty close. It has impressing food for a beach bar. The beach bar is really nice and another thing we loved about Amnissos beach is that it offers all the facilities you need at a beach.

The sun beds aren’t as good as at the other beaches, in Crete, but overall I consider this as one of the best beaches I visited, so...

This is one of our favorite beaches near Heraklion for several reasons. First, the historical significance of this former port of the Minoans makes the place fascinating. Second, not so many people know about this sandy stretch and its crystal clear water.

Once the site of several impressive Minoan buildings, Amnissos today is a great beach to escape the crowds, for sun tanning, and for swimming. I go here frequently to visit the ruins and to gaze out at what must have been an impressive port thousands of years go.

Highly recommended. It would have five-stars if not for the airport being so close...