After a short drive from the hotel through the plain of Messara you arrive at Matala. Known for the hippie colony in the 60s, where they lived in large holes carved into the mountain. The rocks are holes with a Roman burial. In Matala you will have time for a refreshing dip in the water, to eat something or simply enjoy a drink on the beach. This is the place where Zeus, having assumed the form of a bull, swam ashore with Europa on his back before dragging her to Gortyna. Both the Minoans and the Romans used the place as their port. Return to the hotel.