Sitia, Makrigialos, Palekastro, Ierapetra, Kato Zakros, Xerokambos
An amazing route in the southern Lasithi mountains, moving at an altitude of 900-950m and next to the wonderful mountain landscape of that slope. Almost the entire route is on dirt roads (see the map below) and is very easy…
The route Chrisopigi –Bebonas– Kavousi is easy to pass and we walk on a dirt road to the end. The road starts from Hrisopigi village a little bit northern and we walk on the south sides of Sitian Mounts having a…
Kritsa is one of the oldest and most picturesque villages in Crete, Greece, built amphitheatrically on a rock hill, named Kastellos, surrounded by olive groves, at an altitude of 375 m. It is part of the municipality of Agios Nikolaos.…
It is the fantastic jungle like gorge Richtis! The amazing gorge of Richtis is located in Lasithi Prefecture, on the north side, between Agios Nikolaos and Sitia. It starts just outside the village Exo Mouliana and ends at the Richtis…
An easy but spectacular route on the eastern side of the plateau. Almost the entire course is on dirt roads and only at one point (from point B to point C as we see on the map and for about…
From the small settlement of Katharo located on the northern edges of the plateau and at an altitude of 1160m, where we can drink our coffee if needed in the summer months, we follow the dirt road to Selakano, in…
It is another unknown but beautiful route in the forest of Selakano. This time we will cross a large section in the southern part of the forested valley of Selakano. The access to the starting point of the hike is…
The hike starts from the picturesque settlement of Metaxochori at 550m altitude. The approach to this settlement is from Ierapetra - Myrtos - Males - Metaxochori and is 28km or about 45 minutes driving. The Malles-Metaxochori section is particularly impressive…
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…
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…
