Also known as Palm Beach, Vai Beach is mainly ... visitors suggest hitting the sand before 2 p.m. Vai Beach is located in the far northeast corner of Crete. The best way to get there is from ...

A happy hippy enclave in the late 1970s, Vai was invaded by backpackers in the 80s and rapidly degenerated into a rubbish-strewn campground. The palm grove ... flies to Crete (Heraklion) from ...

Today, P. theophrasti is found in 10 populations in the island of Crete, with a population near the popular beach resort of Vai considered to be the largest palm forest in Europe.