Agios Nikolaos | East Crete Travel Guide

Plaka

To reach Plaka coastal village you can take the coastal road north of Agios Nikolaos towards Elounda and shortly after Elounda (5 km) you will reach the small settlement of Plaka. The best time to visit Plaka and Elounda is…

Athletic Crete Soccer Magazine and various Cretan news

“Athletic Crete” is a newspaper created out of our love for sports and its goal is to provide reliable and authoritative information on local championships, primarily in Heraklion but also in the rest of Crete. We focus on local championships…

Elounda

A world-famous tourist resort north of Agios Nikolaos, with lacy, windless sandy beaches, crystal clear sea, peaceful and beautiful surroundings. It is 10 kilometers far from Agios Nikolaos City and the road carved into the slope gives you the opportunity…

Kolokitha Peninsula, circular path

We leave our vehicle at the parking lot next to the Venetian windmills and near the bridge that connects Elounda with the Kolokytha peninsula. In the first 2 kilometers we follow the passable dirt road to the chapel of Agios…

The island of Kolokitha, Elounda

The island of Kolokytha or Vryonisi is located in the Gulf of Mirabello opposite the resort of Elounda. In essence, it is a peninsula that is connected by a very thin strip of land to Elounda, which is interrupted by…

The lighthouse of Aforesmenos

The lighthouse of Aforesmenos is located 27km north of Agios Nikolaos, 20km from Elounda, and near the village of Vroucha. It was built on the cape of Agios Ioannis, on the north coast of Crete, at the point where the…

Vrouchas-Aforesmenos Lighthouse

From the village of Vrouchas we drive downhill on a narrow cement road at the beginning between cultivated fields, enjoying the impressive view of the sea. As we approach the northern coastline the landscape changes and the olive groves thin…

Kroustas Forest and Park

The forest or park of Kroustas is named after the neighboring settlement of Kroustas, Meramvello, Lasithi, which belongs to the Municipality of Agios Nikolaos and is located 16 kilometers south of the city of Agios Nikolaos. Above Kroustas and extending…

Atzilakodasos from Vrachasi

The usual route to Atzilakodasos starts from the location of Hamoprina, about 4.5 km south of the center of Mallia on the road to Krasi Village. Also very well known is the path that starts a little further east from…

Skotini Gorge, Finokalia

A relatively small but impressive gorge with many changes in its landscape is the unknown gorge of Skoteini in the area of the settlement of Finokalia, Epano Merabelo in Lasithi. Although we can plan various routes, in this particular one,…