It was a beautiful day! We had experienced Balos last year by walking down. Taking the ferry was much easier and allowed us to see the region and the absolute beauty. Only issue was that I tripped walking out of the water closet. I tripped over a crate and fell head on to the steel pole. Experienced major pain and a headache. Unfortunately no one on the ferry was equipped to help except for a bag of ice. My eye turned black and blue the next day and I ended up staying on the ferry snot getting to experience myths beach. I have been on multiple tours while here inCrete and a suggestion I have is that the tour providers need to have processes in place when dealing with adverse events.

Cruise on 5/10, lots of people on the boat but we found room to sit easily. In view of the reviews, we had brought a picnic but there is plenty to eat and drink on board. Souvenir photo on arrival sold for €20 with a photo on 2 key rings and a magnet. It's kitsch but it makes a nice memory. The stop on Gramvousa deserves 30 more minutes to have time to enjoy the beach a little more.

The ship was not very easy to find as it is not called 'Gramvousa 2' as on the booking confirmation, just 'Gramvousa' with no number which was a bit irritating as the other 6 or 7 ships in the port all have numbers. It was an older car ferry, which is now probably only used as a passenger ship. There is a canteen on board, but it is better not to use it. The food is not expensive, but nothing great either. The ship was so fully booked that some passengers aggressively defended the places reserved for whole groups. Because it was such a large ship, it could only be moored where it was deep enough. For the passengers, this meant that they had to laboriously make their way through 100 meters of rugged rock. Very difficult. The lagoon is very beautiful, but as windy as it was, I couldn't really enjoy it. All in all, it wasn't worth the hassle for me. Not a second time.