Hiking in eastern Crete: Palekastro, Makrygialos, Sitia, Ierapetra, Kato Zakros, Xerokampos
The forest or park of Kroustas is named after the neighboring settlement of Kroustas, Meramvello, Lasithi, which belongs to the Municipality of Agios Nikolaos and is located 16 kilometers south of the city of Agios Nikolaos. Above Kroustas and extending…
The usual route to Atzilakodasos starts from the location of Hamoprina, about 4.5 km south of the center of Mallia on the road to Krasi Village. Also very well known is the path that starts a little further east from…
The route "Kalamafka - Meteora Crete - Holy Cross - Kalamafka" is an easy hiking route in an area called Castellana Kalamafka or otherwise in Meteora of Crete. Ending via a circular route at the chapel of Holy Cross (Timios…
A wonderful, unknown and hidden plateau in the eastern Lasithi mountains. It borders the Selakano valley to the north and is separated by the Zonari stream, and to the southwest we have the Lapathos plateau. The area is particularly impressive…
An unknown but beautiful route through the western mountains of Sitia and the wider area of Lastros village. The route starts above the main road where a cement/dirt road winds through the vegetation which we follow for approximately 1-1.2 km.…
The small plateau of Monokara is located on Mount Ornos, at an altitude of approximately 750m and with a distance of 37km far from Sitia and 48km from Agios Nikolaos. Access is from two sides, from the villages of Tourloti…
Just before the Lapathos plateau we head northeast on a dirt road and proceed uphill towards the location of Protolitsa. The road is quite good until the small but beautiful plateau of Protolitsa with the haughty huge prinos scattered around…
Eastern Crete has dozens of enchanting and unknown destinations that "capture" every visitor, making him want to come back again, one of them is the impressive lake of Omalos in Viannos, but also the entire wider area around the plateau.…
A relatively small but impressive gorge with many changes in its landscape is the unknown gorge of Skoteini in the area of the settlement of Finokalia, Epano Merabelo in Lasithi. Although we can plan various routes, in this particular one,…
We start from Elounda village by car and head west towards the village of Pines. An excellent route through picturesque small settlements, the narrow asphalt takes us back several years since the images we see contain traditional rural Crete, although…
