Path Paranimfi - Koudoumas
A magnificent path starts from the picturesque, mountainous village of Paranimfi and ends in the monastery of Koudoumas. The hiking takes many hours but the exploration…
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Path Agios Ioannis - Koudoumas
The path which connects the monastery with the coastal settlement of Agios Ioannis is in the west of the monastery of Koudoumas. The route is easy and lasts about…
Heraklion Hiking Trails
Paths of Achentria
In the Achentrias settlement, in the Archanes-Asterousia municipality of the prefecture of Heraclion, there are many hiking options. You can either wander in the…
Heraklion Hiking Trails
The great loves of island
A despot in the people’s hearts… Yes, that is love! It tears your heart out and leads it to unknown and dark paths that any logical person would not dare to follow.…
Crete Magazine
Cretan diet: the treatment on your plate!
The pure ingredients, produced by the fertile land of Crete combined with a fabulous way, are the feature of the Cretan diet that is famous for its wonderful tastes…
Crete Culture
Glika nera
Just 8 km west of Chora of Sfakia, we find the award-winning coast, from the Times of London, Glika Nera.It was voted as one of the 20 most beautiful beaches in…
Chania Beaches
Seitan Limania
A unique beach, Seitan Limania, is in the north-eastern side of the Akrotiri peninsula, 20 kilometers from Chania. Lanes of steep rocks penetrate into the Cretan…
Chania Beaches
Palaiochora
Palaiochora is a small coastal town about 70 kilometers in the south-west of Chania, built on a peninsula and between two bays. The settlement is on the ruins of…
Chania Beaches Towns and villages
12. Katsiveli - Askifou
The twelfth route of the E4 European Long DIstance Path in Crete is 20 kilometers long and lasts about 8 to 10 hours. You can follow it from May to September, it…
Chania E4
Agia Roumeli
The coastal settlment of Agia Roumeli is 58 kilometers in the south of the Chania prefecture, close to Sfakia. Agia Roumeli is the natural end of the Samaria gorge.…
Chania Beaches Towns and villages
Samaria Gorge
The Samaria gorge is one of the largest canyons of Europe and 18 kilometres long. The gorge starts from the Omalos plateau, in Ksiloskalo, and ends to the beautiful…
Chania Canyons
Sfakia
The historical Chora Sfakion is in the southern coasts of Crete, 75 kilometers in the south-east of Chania. Sfakia has been always insubordinate and that was also…
Chania Beaches Towns and villages
14. Askifou - Impros - Kallikratis
The fourteenth route of the E4 European Long Distance Path in Crete is 18 kilometers and lasts about 6 hours. You can take it during the whole year, it is not a…
Chania E4
11. Omalos - Katsiveli
The eleventh route of the E4 European Long Distance Path in Crete is 15 kilometers and lasts about 7 hours. You can follow it from the end of spring till the beginning…
Chania E4
10. Omalos - Agia Roumeli
The tenth route of the E4 European long distance Path is about 18 kilometers and lasts 6 hours and 30 minutes. The time it has to be followed is from May to October(due…
Chania E4
9. Sougia - Agia Eirini - Omalos
The ninth route of E4 European Long Distance Path is 13,5 kilometers and takes 7 hours and 30 minutes to follow it. The best season of the time to follow it is…
Chania E4
8. Sougia - Koustogerako - Omalos
The eighth route of the E4 European Long Distance Path is about 24,5 kilometers and lasts 8 hours. It is better to follow it in spring or autumn, it is not a difficult…
Chania E4
7. Loutro - Fragokastello
The seventh route of the E4 European Long Distance Path is 19,5 kilometers long and lasts 5 hours and 30 minutes, You can follow it during the whole year, it has…
Chania E4
6. Agia Roumeli - Loutro
The sixth route of the E4 European long distance path is about 13 kilometers and lasts 3 hours and 30 minutes. The best time to take it is the whole year and, especially…
Chania E4
5. Sougia - Agia Roumeli
The fifth route of the E4 European Long Distance Path in Crete is 20 kilometers long and lasts 8 to 9 hours. You should follow it from April to September and the…
Chania E4
4. Palaiochora - Sougia
The fourth route of the E4 European long distance Path is about 14,5 kilometers and lasts about 4 and a half hours. The ideal time of the year in order to visit…
Chania E4
3. Elafonisi - Palaiochora
The third route of the E4 European long distance path is about 22 kilometers and lasts 5 hours. Its best visiting time of the year is spring, summer and autumn.…
Chania E4
2. Sfinari - Elafonisi
The second route of the E4 European long distance path of Crete is 32 kilometers and lasts about 8 hours. The ideal time to visit it is spring and autumn. There…
Chania E4
1. Kasteli Kissamou - Sfinari
The E4 European long distance path of Crete starts from Kasteli Kissamou of the Chania prefecture. The total length of the Kasteli Kissamou-Sfinari route is about…
Chania E4
Argyroupoli
Argyroupoli is one of the most beautiful villages of the Rethimno prefecture, on the hill between the springs of the Petre and Mousela Rivers after which the names…
Rethimno Towns and villages
Mpali
Mpali in the Rethimno prefecture is one of the most beautiful tourist places of the northern beaches of Crete. The coastal settlement is 32 kilometers from Rethimno…
Rethimno Beaches Towns and villages
Idaion Antron cavern
The Idaion Antron is near the picturesque town of Anogeia with the important history and the impressive myths. The cavern is 1500 meters above the sea level and…
Rethimno Caves
Anogeia
Anogeia of Milopotamos is a mountain town with important history and three holocausts. Anogeia preserves the Cretan tradition in the modern Crete. Anogeia is the…
Rethimno Towns and villages
Nida plateau
Nida is the highest plateau in Crete as it is about 1.450 meters above the sea level and surrounded by the imposing mountains of Psiloreitis. It is a very beautiful…
Rethimno Plateaus
Spili
Spili is a traditional, mountain settlement of the Agios Vasileios municipality in the Rethimno prefecture. The settlement is built amphitheatrically, on the western…
Rethimno Towns and villages
Agios Pavlos
One of the most beautiful beaches of Crete is Agios Pavlos in the southern side of the Rethimno prefecture. It is 55 kilometers from Rethimno and, in order to visit…
Rethimno Beaches
Agia Galini
Agia Galini is a very picturesque coastal settlement, 60 kilometers from Rethimno and about 70 kilometers from Heraclion. It “hangs” over the beautiful small port…
Rethimno Beaches Towns and villages
Knosano gorge
The Knosano gorge from where the E4 European Path starts is the natural continuation of the Holly Moutain, Giouchtas, in Ano Archanes. The gorge starts from the…
Heraklion Canyons
Kato Archanes
Kato Archanes is one of the most picturesque villages in the Heraklion prefecture with lots of alternative activities. Paths, small woods, archaeological sites…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Archanes
“The other day, the three friends went a trip to a fine village known for its vineyards, about two hours from Kastro. It was on the foot of the Holly Mountain,…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Vorizia
The village Vorizia ( Voriza, in the past) is in the southern foot of Psiloreitis, 53 kilometers from Heraclion. Administratively the village is under Zaros of…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Tsoutsouras
Sea, entertainment, archaeological sites, myths and legends are all in the coastal settlement of Tsoutsouras. The settlement is divided into two, Tsoutsouras and…
Heraklion Beaches Towns and villages
Psaromoura
Psaromoura is one of the smallest and famous beaches of Agia Pelagia, 22 kilometers from Heraclion and 500 meters in the north of Agia Pelagia. In order to visit…
Heraklion Beaches
Savathiana Monastery
A small paradise on earth with tranquility, peacefulness and devoutness for the visitor is in the Savathiana Monastery, in Rogdia. The monastery is 20 kilometers…
Heraklion Monasteries
E4 Asites - Profitis Ilias
The path in the Agios Charalampos gorge is a part of the E4 European long distance route. Following the route, you can go through the impressive Agios Antonios…
Heraklion E4
Agios Charalampos gorge
The gorge starts from the small Agios Charalampos church in the south of the Ano Asites settlement. The small gorge is easily accessed, particularly in the summer,…
Heraklion Canyons
Ano Asites
Ano Asites is a settlement of the former Malevizi district of the Heraclion municipality. It is a village of a high environmental, cultural and archaeological interest.…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Kamares cavern
The path from the Kamares settlement ends to the large and impressive Kamares cavern. The visitor walks between a dense forest of oaks. The total time to the end…
Heraklion Hiking Trails Caves
Kaloi Limenes
Many beautiful and clean beaches are in Kaloi Limenes. Kaloi Limenes is 77 kilometers from Heraclion and it can be accessed by the asphalted road that goes through…
Heraklion Towns and villages Beaches
Gorge of Agios Nikolaos
The path to the green gorge of Agios Nikolaos with the amazing waterfalls starts from the Zaros Lake and ends to one of the forest of Greece, the Rouvas forest.…
Heraklion E4 Canyons
Zaros
The beautiful and interesting town of Zaros is built 45 kilometers from Heraclion and is included in the Festos municipality. It is in the southern foot of the…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Kapetaniana
“In Kapetaniana, whoever believes in God, he talks to Him”, Thanos Mikroutsikos. A heaven on Earth is in the holly hill of Kofina and stares the Libyan sea. Kapetaniana…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Monastery of Koudoumas
The monastery of Koudoumas is very well protected by the imposing Asterousia Mountains, in the south of the cape of Martelos, and by the Libyan sea in the south.…
Heraklion Monasteries
Cave of Agios Antonios
The cave of Agios Antonios is in a lonely area at about the middle of the path that connects the settlement of Agios Ioannis with the monastery of Koudoumas. If…
Heraklion Caves Beaches
Agios Ioannis
The settlement of Agios Ioannis is a few meters from Kapetaniana, after a winding, dirt road. It its built along the Ponta peninsula . A wonderful beach with blue…
Heraklion Towns and villages Beaches
Roman tombs in Agios Thomas
The most impressive tomb of Crete is in Agios Thomas, in Gria Mantra. The monolithic Roman tombs are preserved in a very good condition. The path in the south of…
Heraklion Other Historical Sites
Maridaki
The coastal settlement of Maridaki is about 65 kilometers from Heraclion, behind the Asterousia Mountains. The small village is built at the end of the imposing…
Heraklion Towns and villages Beaches
Ethia
One of the most beautiful and traditional Cretan villages of Crete is Ethia in the Archanes-Asterousia Municipality. The village is about 55 kilometers from Heraclion,…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Lake of Damania
The lake of Damania is near the Damania settlement, in Archanes-Asterousia municipality and the prefecture of Heraclion. The dam gives the landscape an extra touch…
Heraklion Lakes
Lake of Turk
The lake of Tourkos (i.e. Turk) or Lakos or Kolimpas, a unique natural lake, is at the top of Asterousia mountains, near Achentrias. The lake has a lot of water…
Heraklion Lakes
Achentrias
The picturesque mountainous village of Achentrias is 60 kilometers from Heraclion and 680 meters above the sea level. Administratively, it falls under the Archanes-Asterousia…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Gorges of Astrakias, Kunavi and Karteros
The gorges of Astrakias, Kunavi and Karteros are parts of the wide geographical cluster from where the E4 European long distance path passes by. Its total length…
Heraklion Canyons
Astraki
Astraki is famous for its beautiful gorge that goes by the same name and it starts from there and also for the old Turkish quarter. The village is from the 12th…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Richtis gorge
If you want good reasons to visit Sitia, the Richtis gorge will probably be the main reason to organise this trip. It is a small canyon whose beauty has no jealousy…
Lasithi Canyons
Nekroi gorge
The gorge of Nekroi in Zakros is a very beautiful and important archaeologically gorge. Its name (“nekroi” means the dead, in Greek) came from the large number…
