What to do and see: Sitia Ierapetra Makrigialos Palekastro Agios Nikolaos
We leave our vehicle at the parking lot next to the Venetian windmills and near the bridge that connects Elounda with the Kolokytha peninsula. In the first 2 kilometers we follow the passable dirt road to the chapel of Agios…
The gorge is known to the natives, but unknown to the most of the visitors, who pass from Ziros or Xerokambos (the two destinations most known near the gorge). In fact here we have two different gorges, the north and the…
The lighthouse of Aforesmenos is located 27km north of Agios Nikolaos, 20km from Elounda, and near the village of Vroucha. It was built on the cape of Agios Ioannis, on the north coast of Crete, at the point where the…
From the village of Vrouchas we drive downhill on a narrow cement road at the beginning between cultivated fields, enjoying the impressive view of the sea. As we approach the northern coastline the landscape changes and the olive groves thin…
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…
