Fantastic beach, not as pink as on the photos but very nice. The guide was informative and friendly. I liked the stops for coffee. But I think you should be honest with that the busparking is far from the Beach, according to my health app about 1,5 km.

Simona, our guide, was fantastic. He knows many things and tells you in great detail the story and what we see. Honestly, however, I don't understand the point of the one-hour stops in a bar, I would have preferred to stop and see something interesting or move on and stay longer in Elafonissi. Overall, however, everything was fine.

We were out for 12 hours, but ended up with only 3.5 hours at the beach. It took 1.5hrs to pick everyone up from their hotels. The tour company had combined our coach with a trip to Balos so we spent even more time dropping people off at the port. We made a stop on the way to visit a cave, and we then stopped for an hour on the way back in one of the villages for some food. However, both stops were enjoyable - the cave was really cool, and our meal on the way home was delicious. The drive through the mountains was really fun - the driver was great and the guide was knowledgeable. The stops were worth it as we enjoyed getting to see more of Crete, it just would have been better if they combined passenger pickup points and had one for each resort area rather than picking up at every single hotel. This would give more time at Elafonisi. I'd also advise wearing sensible footwear - the walk to the cave is up many steps and you have to walk quickly to complete it in time.