Ierapetra | East Crete Travel Guide

Symi – Paradise Balcony

Walking on one of the most beautiful paths of eastern Crete, through black pine forests. The course starts on a dirt road just above the settlement of Kato Symi from where there is a wooden kiosk next to the asphalt,…

Omalos Plateau, Viannos

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.…

Lapathos Plateau

Lapathos Plateau is 9 kilometers far to east from Symi or Simi village in Lassithi prefecure at the southern slopes of Dikti mountains. It is a hidden and unknown area on the Lasithi mountains and you have access to the…

Long Beach apartments

Long Beach Seaview apartments are situated next to the Long beach of Koutsounari, less than 30m from the sea. Long Beach Sea view apartments are located 12km east of Ierapetra and 11km west from Makrigialos. The complex is positioned in…

Neraidogoula Cave, Selakano

At a distance of 3.5 km southwest of the Selakano settlement and in the ravine-river of Linaras that descends from the massif of Psari Madara and on a relatively steep slope is the cave of Neraidogoula. The entrance of the…

Katharo Plateau-Selakano

From the small settlement of Katharo located on the northern edges of the plateau and at an altitude of 1160m, where we can drink our coffee if needed in the summer months, we follow the dirt road to Selakano, in…

Zonari – Neraidogoula Cave

It is another unknown but beautiful route in the forest of Selakano. This time we will cross a large section in the southern part of the forested valley of Selakano. The access to the starting point of the hike is…

Bufanis Gorge, Selakano Valley

The hike starts from the picturesque settlement of Metaxochori at 550m altitude. The approach to this settlement is from Ierapetra - Myrtos - Males - Metaxochori and is 28km or about 45 minutes driving. The Malles-Metaxochori section is particularly impressive…

Selakano-Lassithi e4 trail

We start just outside the Selakano settlement at 880m, and we walk first through the village and orchards and before we pass the last houses we enter the amazing and unique pine forest which will accompany us for the next…

Stella Villas Koutsounari

IN A BEAUTIFUL ENVIROMENT AMONG OLIVE TREES AND COLOURFUL FLOWERS, THERE LIES YOUR DESTINATION, STELLA VILLA. 50 sq.meters each, the villas can provide the most convenient and luxurious shelter to, up to 5 persons each. Set on the ground floor,each…