Tags: Zaros is known from the antiquity for the water spring which still provides fresh water. The trip from Heraklion to the Lake of Zaros takes about an hour and a half. The same goes for the return. The forest of Rouvas, in the gorge of Saint Nicholas, is an important ecosystem of holly trees of
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Τags: The Sarakina gorge is located at the southeast Crete, 17 km from Ierapetra, near the small village of Mithi. It is not long but according to the visitors it is the easiest and nicest. According to the myth, the giant Sarantapichos, stopped once to drink water from the river Myrtos, and his loT
Tags: Imbros Gorge is located near Hora Sfakion in southern Crete. It runs parallel to the famous Samaria gorge, and it is the second most visited gorge on the island. For centuries the gorge was the only way to travel to and from Sfakia, therefore was the theater of many conflicts between Greeks an
Tags: Mount Karfi is located at Lassithi plateau, about 70km west of Heraklion. Lassithi is known for the picturesque windmills. In the 1950s and 1960s the plateau was one of Europe's first wind farms. There were about 10-13 thousand windmills that pumped the underground water, with which the local
Tags: A beautiful and easy hike just a few kilometers outside of the city of Heraklion. Juktas, the human-head-like mountain (Greek Γιούχτας – Giouhtas) was an important religious site for the Minoans. According to the legend, this is the face of Zeus (the king of the Gods) and the mountain is......
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