Hugging Psiloreitis
Searching for water, the source of life, we follow the route that connects Psiloreitis with the green valley of Mesara. We start from Gergeri and, especially,...
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Water mill in Zaros
The restored water mill of Mix. Fragiadakis is in Zaros on the road that starts from the Votomos man-made lake. It has declared a preserved historical monument…
Heraklion Culture Museums
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
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
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
Panagia
Panagia is a picturesque –almost desolated- village of the Festos municipality. Panagia is built 380 meters above the sea level and in the south of Zaros. There…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Ano Moulia
Ano Moulia is a picturesque, mountain village, built amphitheatrically, with a panoramic view to the Mesara plain. The village of the Gortyna municipality is 35…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Faneromeni
Faneromeni is a village of the Festos municipality and 4 kilometers from Timpaki. The Faneromeni local community also includes Kalivia and the Kaliviani monastery.…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Dam of Faneromeni
The man made dam of Faneromeni is between the villages of Zaros and Timpaki, in an area with dense plantation, in the southern foot of Psiloreitis, beneath the…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Monastery of Vrontisi
The male monastery of Vrontisi is in the southern foot of Psiloreitis, between the villages of Zaros and Vorizia, 550 meters above the sea level. Administratively…
Heraklion Monasteries
Monastery of Varsamoneri
The monastery of Varsamoneri is one of the oldest monasteries in Crete, as it is from the first years of the Venetian occupation. The temple (with 3 aisles) dedicated…
Heraklion Monasteries
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
Monastery of Agios Nikolaos
The small temple of Agios Nikolaos from the 14th century is only preserved today from the important Zaros monastery. The church is 900 meters from the southern…
Heraklion Monasteries
Nivritos
“I don’t believe that there is any village like Nivritos in a place full of flowers and near mountains”. The picturesque village is on the foot of the Ampelakia…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Gergeri
Gergeri is a large village in the southern foot of Psiloreitis and is built between impressive and steep cliffs. The wonderful forest of Rouvas is above the village.…
