There is a group of three caves north of Lalarias. Legend has it that in the third a sea monster lives at the very back and that no-one venturing in has ever come back alive.    

A Minoan prince was buried there. The royal Minoan tomb included a gold plated sword handle and a gold diadem. Tradition demanded that Cretan Royals were buried facing towards homeland of Crete.

Sand and pebble beach, great anchorage in southerly and easterly winds. It is said that in 480BC a violent storm that decimated the Persian navy resulted in 400 ships been washed onto the shoreline around this area.