Spinalonga Peninsula

The Spinalonga Peninsula is part of the uninhabited Kalydon island area within the region of Elounda, Crete, Greece.

To its east the island of Kolokythas can be found partially enclosing a bay.

The peninsula is sometimes also called Kalydon (or sometimes erroneously assumed to bear the name Kolokythas due to the name of the beach).

A small sea channel runs under the road, under a stone bow bridge built in 1897 by the French army.

On the coast, former salt-drying areas now provide a home for many varieties of birds, including a population of flamingos.