Ierapetra

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…

Psichro forest

A beautiful route through the pine forest of Psichro, Agios Ioannis about 20 km east of Ierapetra. Almost all of the path we take is through forest roads with the forest being a bit sparse and most of it being…

Gournia archaeological site

Gournia is located on the old road between Agios Nikolaos and Ierapetra, about 1 + 1/2 hours from Heraklion, and about 30-40 minutes from both Agios and Ierapetra. It is accessible by bus or rental car, or for the more…

Pachia Ammos Beach and Village

Pachia Ammos is situated in the northern part of the county of Ierapetra. It covers the area from the western slope of the mountain "Thripti" to the coast at the creek of the gulf of Mirabello. Pachia Ammos is situated on…

Ha Gorge

Ha Gorge is a canyon on the eastern part of the island of Crete in Greece. It is located in the west slope of Thrypti mountain and near of Monastiraki village in the plain of Ierapetra. The gorge is about…

Azoria archaeological site

Azoria is an archaeological site on a double-peaked hill overlooking the Gulf of Mirabello in eastern Crete in the Greek Aegean. "Azoria" is a local toponym, not apparently an ancient place name or epigraphically-attested Greek city. Located about 1 km…

Minoan settlement of Kastro

Kavousi Kastro is an archaeological site in eastern Crete, about 5km (or 16 km through Melisses and Tsamandis village) southeast of the modern village of Kavousi, a historic village in the municipality of Ierapetra in the prefecture of Lasithi. Situated on…