Sarantari Beach

Sarantari (also spelled Sarandari) is a small, rocky beach on the Anissaras stretch near Hersonissos, about 25 km east of Heraklion. Gay travel guides have described it for years as the best-known gay beach on Crete: cretanbeaches.com calls it one of the island's best-known gay-friendly meeting spots, gaytravel4u its busiest gay beach, and Nomadic Boys (October 2025) still lists it. Part of the beach is used by nudists. Nudism is not officially designated on most Greek beaches, so keep it to the established naturist end and cover up elsewhere. It is a summer, daytime place. Y.O.L.O. in Hersonissos, the only dedicated gay bar on Crete, is the obvious stop afterwards.