{"id":336,"date":"2019-07-20T20:32:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T18:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/?p=336"},"modified":"2020-06-05T11:10:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T09:10:35","slug":"matala-kreta-flower-power-auf-griechisch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/en\/matala-kreta-flower-power-auf-griechisch\/","title":{"rendered":"Matala, Crete - Flower Power in Greek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is life, tomorrow never comes. That was the motto of the flower children who gathered to form communities in the small fishing village of Matala on the south coast of Crete, and these words, written by Giorgios Germanakis, ex-fishermen and hippie pioneer, can still be admired as graffiti on a wall on the beach. Why is it worth a detour to Matala if you are in Crete? Here are some reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/kreta-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"kreta\" class=\"wp-image-911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/kreta-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/kreta-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/kreta-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/kreta-750x560.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_46 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\"><\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/en\/matala-kreta-flower-power-auf-griechisch\/#Wohnhohlen_und_Traumstrande\" title=\"Caves and dream beaches\">Caves and dream beaches<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/en\/matala-kreta-flower-power-auf-griechisch\/#Die_Bucht_von_Matala_Kreta\" title=\"The bay of Matala, Crete\">The bay of Matala, Crete<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/en\/matala-kreta-flower-power-auf-griechisch\/#Okotourismus_Matala\" title=\"Eco tourism Matala\">Eco tourism Matala<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/en\/matala-kreta-flower-power-auf-griechisch\/#Kokkini_Amos_Strand_-_Red_Beach\" title=\"Kokkini Amos Strand &#8211; Red Beach\">Kokkini Amos Beach \u2013 Red Beach<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/en\/matala-kreta-flower-power-auf-griechisch\/#Wie_komme_ich_nach_Matala\" title=\"How do I get to Matala? \">How do I get to Matala? <\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wohnhohlen_und_Traumstrande\"><\/span>Caves and dream beaches<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy, hippie, flower power. These are probably the first words that come to your mind when, after a two-hour drive from Heraklion (or three hours from Cherssonisos or Malia), when you get out of your car at the beach in M\u00e1tala. The first thing you see there is either a brightly colored VW bus or a 70-year-old naked rastaman. Everything is colorful, alternative, crazy and everywhere you can admire the wisdom of previous generations: A \"There is always hope\" on the sidewalk and \"Life is today\" on the wall of a house. In addition, merrily pot smoking groups of all age on the beach in front of the former residential caves, that you can visit for three Euros admission. In the 60s, legends like Bob Dylan or Cat Stevens already lived in these caves. But they came into being long before Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/matala-hippie-1024x750.jpg\" alt=\"matala-hippie-bus\" class=\"wp-image-913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/matala-hippie-1024x750.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/matala-hippie-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/matala-hippie-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/matala-hippie-750x549.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Die_Bucht_von_Matala_Kreta\"><\/span>The bay of Matala, Crete<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The gorgeous bay of the village, which offers a direct view to the caves, is considered as the historical place where Zeus is said to have gone ashore with Europe on his back. Today there are cosy Greek taverns, with a view on the water, where you can end the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/matala-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"matala\" class=\"wp-image-915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/matala-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/matala-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/matala-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/matala-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/matala-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/matala-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/matala-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/matala.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Okotourismus_Matala\"><\/span>Eco tourism Matala<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But you can still find do-gooders in Matala today. In the form of volunteer conservationists from all over the world who spend their holidays here to work in various conservation projects. Mostly it is about the protection of sea turtles at Komo Beach, south of Matala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kokkini_Amos_Strand_-_Red_Beach\"><\/span>Kokkini Amos Beach \u2013 Red Beach<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>800 meters south of Matala there is a beautiful nudist beach which is never overcrowded. To get there, you have to climb over the hills that start behind Matala and descend on the other side. It takes about twenty minutes. Since the beach is not to be reached in any other way, you will usually not meet any other tourists here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wie_komme_ich_nach_Matala\"><\/span>How do I get to Matala? <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest way is to rent a car directly at the airport in Heraklion and drive about two hours to the south of the island. We needed twice the time for the route because the landscape is beautiful and we made countless stops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you a fan of Greek islands? Then read my article about <a href=\"https:\/\/odysseyer.com\/en\/santorini-oia-die-weisse-stadt\/\">Santorini<\/a>!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is life, tomorrow never comes. That was the motto of the flower children who gathered to form communities in the small fishing village of Matala on the south coast of Crete, and these words, written by Giorgios Germanakis, ex-fishermen and hippie pioneer, can still be admired as graffiti on a wall on the beach. Why is it worth a detour to Matala if you are in Crete? Here are some reasons.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37,132],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Matala, Kreta - Flower Power auf Griechisch - Odysseyer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Matala Kreta -&gt; Du planst eine Reise nach Kreta? Das Hippiedorf Matala darfst Du Dir nicht entgehen lassen! 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