There are many beaches in Sfakia which do not see the numbers of tourists of the northern coast. More adventurous visitors can follow the European hiking footpath E4 which crosses Crete through Sfakiá's mountains. The coastal villages are not connected by a coastal road, and can be reached by ferry boats.

Not far east from Hora Sfakíon is Frangokastello, literally "Frankish castle". The Venetian fortress here was built in 1371 to deter pirates and unsuccessfully, to control Sfakia. It is largely ruined but is picturesquely set on a wide sandy beach with the towering White Mountains behind. Daskalogiannis was captured here in 1771.

Accessible only by boat from Sfakia is Loutro, a small seaside village with some archaeological ruins, a few houses, small hotels and tavernas. Loutro is car-free, you have to park your car in Hora Sfakion or Paleohora. In the north of Sfakia is the fertile plain of Askyfou. The Sfakia region is crossed by many gorges, among which the famous Samaria Gorge, which run from north to south and all end in the sea. Many of them can be walked, and several even by inexperienced walkers. The region still is inhabited by rare animals, like vultures and eagles, and the kri-kri (or agrimi), the wild Cretan goat. Sfakia borders to the Libyan Sea, which is inhabited by a diminishing fish population, but occasionally shows dolphins, and even whales.

The local speciality, "Sfakian Pies", are thin pancakes filled with cream cheese and served drizzled with honey.

Wikipedia articles for Sfakia

• Sfakia
• Treis Volakous
• Treis Volakous
• Hora Sfakion
• Ammoudi tous Volakous
• Ammoudi tous Volakous
• Loutro, Chania