Matala beach

If you google hippie festivals in Europe - I have no doubts that one of the first results to pop up will be the amazing Matala Beach Festival.

Matala is a tiny town located on the south coast of the Greek island of Crete, famous for its hippie history - more precisely the caves where hippies used to live in the 60s and 70s - the story that intrigued international media so much that they made this tiny little town to become basically one of the most famous hippie retreats in Europe. It's an awesome hippie-vibe place and this festival might be exactly what you're looking for if you're a fan of hippies and their life philosophy...

The festival was founded in 2011 when the Festos Municipality organized a festival on the beach with a goal to celebrate the launch of the Myth of Matala book that featured photos of the hippies who lived in the caves during the 60s and the 70s. 35k people heard about it and rushed to Matala beach... The rest is history.