Platanias is situated in front of the Rethymno-Platanias coast in the municipality of Rethymno. This beautiful sandy beach is 200m in length 60m in width. There is an excellent tourist resort that can be found on the coast with hotels and rent rooms. Facilities which are available here include rent a car, rent a bike and rent bicycles. Around the coast there are several tamarisk trees and rosemary bushes. The flora in the nearby areas also includes the spurge sea and the fauna seen includes the gull and the shallow.