Komos beach is located 66km southwest of Heraklion,
between Matala and Kalamaki beach. It is the southernmost and the most isolated part of Mesara Bay.
Komos is a long –over 2km long-
deserted coast with grey sand and deep clean waters.
There are tamarisk trees
around the beach but buildings are not allowed by the Archaelogy since Komos is
a protected archaeological area. Komos was the port of Phaestus, that’s why
there are ruins of the town near the beach. There is an organized beach with
umbrellas, sun beds, lifeguard etc. next to the archaeological site.
Just opposite the archaeological site,
is a great big rock called Volakas. According a local legend, it is the rock
which the Cyclops Polyphemus threw at Odysseus to stop him escaping.
The Caretta Caretta tortoises lay their
eggs on the beach, among the sand-dunes and they are monitored each year by
Archelon, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece.