Agios Antonios Beach

Agios Antonios (St. Anthony) is located 71km south of Heraklion, between the settlement of Agios Ioannis and the Monastery of Koudoumas. The area is very isolated and can be accessed only via a footpath that connects Agios Ioannis with the monastery. The trail passes between pine trees. In the middle of the distance (20'-30') you’ll see from far an impressive cave of shape Δ, in which the small chapel of St. Anthony is built. In the cave, stalactites and stalagmites drop holy water in three troughs. The cave was formerly a hermitage for several monks, among which were the two founders of the monastery Koudoumas, Saint Parthenios and Evmenios.