Falassarna Bay
- Wave 0.7-1.1 mWind 12 kt NW
Aptera
Site open 08:00-19:30
Villa Limnos
A quiet room in Kaliviani.
MinoanBreaks
01 · Aegean EditionPlan my trip
01 · Aegean Edition · Vol I
Sea, Stone, Story.
Daily rituals in Crete.
MinoanBreaks composes a slow, considered week on Crete — a beginner-forgiving surf break in the morning, a Minoan site in the golden hour, a whitewashed stay for the night. Concierge-planned. Set at reading pace.
- Wind
- 12 kt NW
- Tide
- 1.3 m ↑
- Site
- Open 08:00-19:30
02 · The House
MinoanBreaks
A quiet studio for beginner surfers who travel for the story of a place. The daily rhythm of a Cretan week, held together by a concierge desk.
Crete has soft-shouldered beach breaks on three coasts and the densest concentration of Minoan sites in the Aegean. We pair them a day at a time — a beginner-friendly wave in the morning, an archaeological site in the cool hours, a stay in a village most people never learn to spell.
You choose the length and the surf level; we handle the sequencing, transfers, and the small human moments — the taverna that keeps their doors open past ten, the guide who lets you touch the storeroom stone at Knossos.
03 · Pairings
Every day of your week is a pairing — a surf break, a site, a supper.
Georgioupolis
- Wave 0.5-0.9 mWind 11 kt NW
Palace of Knossos
Site open 08:00-19:30
Kandara House
A quiet room in Vamos.
Xerokambos
- Wave 0.5-1.0 mWind 9 kt NE
Kato Zakros
Site open 08:00-19:00
Casa Xerokambos
A quiet room in Xerokambos.
04 · How it works
One page in, three quiet steps, and a real human on the phone.
- Plan01
Tell us your trip length, surf level, and the group. Two minutes, no account required to see a full week.
- Confirm02
Read the day-by-day itinerary. Reshape any day, swap a site, ask a question. Nothing is charged.
- Concierge03
We confirm villas, guides, and site tickets by hand. You get one arrival note and a phone number that answers.
05 · Field notes
A day, read from the notebook.
This is what a single day looks like inside a real MinoanBreaks itinerary — a Day Three from a beginner-forgiving five-day plan out of Chania.
We keep the format the same across your week so the itinerary reads at a glance, and so a friend can pick up your notebook and know exactly what you did on Wednesday morning.
Day03Wednesday · Central Coast
Chania → VamosMorning · Surf
Georgioupolis
- Wave
- 0.5-0.9 m
- Wind
- 11 kt NW
- Best
- 07:00-10:00
River-mouth break with a slow shoulder; instructor meets you at the taverna at 07:00.
Afternoon · Ruin
Palace of Knossos
- Open
- 08:00-19:30
- Drive
- 28 min
- Ticket
- € 15
Enter in the final hour before close. Throne room, dolphin frescoes, the storerooms beneath.
Night · Stay
Kandara House
- Village
- Vamos
- Nightly
- € 170-210
- Table
- 20:30 · Taverna Sterna
A stone townhouse in a slow inland village; supper at Sterna, ten paces from the door.
06 · Our promise
"The wave is small on purpose. The site is quiet on purpose. The pace is the point."
Human concierge
Every itinerary is confirmed by a person in Chania, not an automated calendar.
Beginner-forgiving surf
We favour beach breaks with sand bottoms and easy paddle-outs. You can be new to this.
Quiet sites
Knossos in the last hour before close; Kato Zakros before the coaches arrive.
Small villages
Stays are chosen for their walk to the sea and their evening at the taverna.
Draft a week. It takes about two minutes.
Nothing is confirmed until you speak with the concierge — start with a trip length and see what we'd write down for you.