The southernmost point of Europe — a remote, cedar-backed island of wide empty beaches.
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About Gávdos
Gávdos is the southernmost point of Greece — and of Europe — a remote little island in the Libyan Sea south of Crete. It has a tiny year-round population, no real towns, and a scatter of wide sandy beaches back…
Highlights
Beaches
Sarakíniko & Agios Ioánnis
Wide sandy beaches shaded by junipers and cedars, long loved by free-campers.
Don’t miss
Europe’s edge
A giant wooden chair sculpture marks the southernmost tip of Europe at Trípiti.
Nature
Off-grid wild
Cedar and juniper, empty tracks and dark night skies; bring your own supplies.
Things to do
The journey
Reached by ferry from Paleóchora or Sfakiá on Crete’s south coast, weather permitting.
Town & villages
Kastrí
The tiny island "capital", little more than a hamlet inland.
See it for real
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Plan it
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