Rhodopou Peninsula Attractions

21km/13mi west of Cape Scala, on the south side of the Gulf of Kísamos, is the little town of Kastéli Kisámou. From here there are rewarding excursions to the ancient port of Kisamos (2km/1.25mi northwest); the island of Gramvoúsa (20km/12.5mi) off the Gramvoúsa peninsula, at the northwestern tip of Crete, with a 17th century Venetian fort, situated at a height of 135m/445ft above a sheer cliff on the west coast; the ancient port town of Phalasarna (9km/6mi west), with remains of buildings and harbor installations, tombs and rock carvings; and the remains of the Dorian town of Polyrrhenia (6km/4 mi south).

Eight km/5mi west of Máleme a road goes off on the right to the village of Kolymbári, with the fortress-like monastery of Goniás and the Oecumenical Academy of the autocephalous (autonomous) Church of Crete.