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How to Get There?
By Car:
The routes from Crete's bigger towns on the north coast are narrow and winding. They alternate between mountain roads beside some of Crete's scenic gorges and gentler stretches through olive groves. In some places, there are no safety barriers. If you have a head for heights, don't mind blind hairpin turns, and are willing to take the time (90 minutes to two hours from Chania), the roads over Crete's central mountain ridge to the beaches on the southwest coast are incredibly scenic. But if you do go by car, either stay overnight or leave well before sunset. These are not roads you want to tackle at night.

By Bus:
Supraregional public buses serve Elafonisi and other West Cretan villages from Chania. You can find the timetable for Elafonisi buses at Reythmons official website. Keep in mind that the buses only run during the high season. If it's the off-season nothing will appear among the variously complicated timetables. So there's little use searching out of season.

By Coach Tour:
Several companies run frequent coach tours of the western villages that include Elafonisi along with other sightseeing spots. Organized tours from Chania or Rethymno are operated by Elafonissos Travel and Odeon Travel.

By Boat:
Boats from Palaiochora and along the coast to the east run beach excursions. They leave around 10 a.m. and depart from Elafonisi at about 4 p.m. Because the waters around Elafonisi are shallow, boats will drop you off at a landing stage, about a 10-minute walk from Elafonisi beach itself. Like a lot of travel suppliers on the Greek Islands, the boatmen of Palaiochora are mostly independent businessmen and schedules tend to be informal and changeable. The best way to arrange a boat trip is through one of the travel agencies in the bigger towns of Western Crete. Palaiochora, by the way, is the only place with boat excursions of Elafonisi. Since Palaiochora is pretty much as hard to reach as Elafonisi itself, these boat trips are only worthwhile if you happen to be staying nearby.

The island is a nature lover's paradise but there must be something about the mainland beach itself that draws so many visitors to itself every year. There are four reasons, actually:

Pink sand:
Most of the time the sand here is composed of the remains of tiny pink shells that line the sea floor. When Elafonisi is pink, it is very pink, especially around the lagoon and along the sandbar to the island. But be warned: not everyone finds the beach pink when they arrive. Wind, the motion of tides, the season and the microbes the shelled creatures eat influence how, or even if the sands will be pink when you arrive.

Sand as soft as dust:
In a part of the world where shingle or pebble beaches are the norms, Elafonisi stands out for its soft, powdery sand.

Warm, shallow waters:
The water to the right of the sandbar is calm, shallow and ideal for children, making this part of Elafonisi popular with families.

Windsurfers heaven:
The prevailing winds blow pretty steadily making this a great beach for windsurfing. Windsurfers populate the waters to the left of the sandbar, away from all the families and toddlers splashing in the shallows.

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