Archives: daytours

AGIA IRINI GORGE is 7,5 km long and it’s located at the western side of the White Mountains. It’s a very beautiful and historical gorge. It belongs to the NATURA 2000 European protection net because of its wealthy flora. Its a refuge for the endangered CAPRA AEGAGRUS species most known as KRI-KRI. It is also… Read more »

From the beautiful coastal village of SOUGIA we enter the LISSOS gorge that leads us at a small plateau and eventually to ANCIENT LISSOS archaeological site, where we can admire the mosaic floors of the temple of ASCLEPIUS and drink fresh water from the natural water well. We continue our walk through an ascending path… Read more »

We start our walk from the beautiful KRIOS beach and after a short amount of time we also pass by the VIENA beach. Following the ascending road we reach the chapel of Agios Ioannis, a place with a nice view to KEDRODASOS and ELAFONISSI. After about 1 hour and 30 minutes of walking through the… Read more »

We arrive at the mountain range of Psiloritis where we find the Timios Stavros summit, Crete’s highest point (2456m). This place consists a Unesco Global Geopark. From Gournolakkos we begin our walk during which we encounter the most unique landscape of Cretan wild beauty, with its magnificent view and variety of local flora, such as… Read more »

Our starting point is the historical monastery of Arkadi, from here we walk over some plains and hills that offer us wide views and a glimpse of the sea. After that we arrive in the village Eleftherna, which we will actually cross. From there the trail takes us along various excavation sites that all belonged… Read more »