We rented a car from Chania and drove here! I recommend renting a pedal boat at the beach to see the goldfish and turtles that lives in the Lake! Don't forget to drive up the mountain and see the real village Kourna with nice pottery and olive oil!
very beautiful place, place with fantastic view, restaurants and cafe, for relax, with friens or family. Very beautiful lake, with ducks, ride pedalos!
Lovely lake but sadly spoilt by tourism. (sunbeds, boat hire etc!) We swam a little but I got freaked out as the bottom of the lake is like quicksand. I wouldnt go majorly out of my way to visit this lake however it is worth a stop if you are in the area.
I recommend, not to be missed. beautiful place. Parking wery easi Delicious food, good coffee. Great family tour.
This was our first visit to Crete and as we took a rental car, we decided to go to Kournas lake.It has a very unique combination of mountain landscape, Greek climate and refreshing views. The lake itself is very interesting, it has a long shallow zone with ugly and stinky mudy and rocky (it is really hard to get to deep without hissing and hitting your legs with rocks) bottom, but than, when you finally get to the deep, there is a hell lot of a long and dark seaweed. A very dramatic change, as water gets darker, bottom gets deeper and you can finally swim as you like.The downside of this place are boat and catamaran sellers. It is hard to simply swim, because of boats, who are urge to hit you in the head. Also, with a lot of taverns, there is no such simple thing as a place to clean legs of lake mud. So, I was in sneakers (as I was driving a car) and I had to wash my legs with bottled water.The bright side - at the second entry there is a little souvenir shop, where you can buy home made by the shop keepers olive oil. You can have a taste of it before you buy it.In general, Kournas lake is a beautiful place, poisoned by modern infrastructure. But you have to visit it!
This is a beautiful lake, great for paddling / swimming as long as you avoid the clayey bits! A lot of birdlife including Kingfishers that even use the Pedalos to spy fish from! A selection of reasonable Tavernas and free parking make this a nice place to spend a few hours.
was windy the day we went, but still a beautiful place. We went by noddy train from the resort at a small cost of 4 euro each each way. Lots of shops and tavernas around the lake and pedalo's for hire, we spent time walking round the lake enjoying the scenery before enjoying a meal in one of the tavernas.
Beautiful Freshwater Lake in the midst of a mountain backdrop, you can sunbathe around the lake, there are sunbeds, or if you prefer, go swimming in the lake, hire a pedalo (it takes about an hour to get all around the lake) there are fish and terrapins in the deeper part of the lake, also plenty of wildlife i.e. ducks, birds , dabchicks, allsorts, well worth a visit, the lake is skirted by several tavernas, we ate in a place called Marco's Place, they have the most delicious home made yoghurt and raki with honey.
Lovely lake, you can walk out for along way. well worth a visit. The pedalos are very reasonably priced and relaxing to go on out
This lake is something unreal. It is one of the most beautiful places in Crete. We arrived here by car and took a catamaran for an hour (costs 7 euro for two people). I am very glad that came to see it. Recommend it to every person who wants to see nature beauty.