In Crete there are five very popular places that visitors choose to visit every year. One of the five is Finikodasos Vai with its beautiful beach located at the easternmost tip of the island, 25 km east of Sitia.
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The palm forest consists of more than 4,000 palm trees belonging to the species Phoenix Theophrasti and contrary to theories that want it to be created from the dates left by pirates or Egyptian soldiers, the palm species is found in the other smaller palm trees. Of Crete.
As they say, the palm tree loves to have its feet in the water and its head in the fire. So he likes to live in warm places but easily find water in the shallows. That is why, in gorges and rivers of Crete, where the climate is quite warm and there is no lack of water, you can find small or large palm forests. Preveli is a typical example.
The Vai palm forest is designated an Aesthetic Forest and a specially protected area, according to the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean.
The beach in front of the palm trees is sandy and clean like the sea. It is a well-organized beach that every year deserves a blue flag and offers all the basic amenities for the thousands of day trippers who visit it.
