Taking the first right turn after leaving Paleochora on the Chania road takes you along a winding mountain road to the sleepy little village of Azorgires. Azogires village is set in surroundings full of a  wild natural beauty, with craggy mountains covered in sweet smelling pine and olive groves, where one can enjoy walks and treks along footpaths and goat tracks, or down to the stream with its natural pool and little waterfalls...

The feature we are personally most proud of to be associated with in Azogires, is its well revered Cave of 99 Saints, a place of ancient religious worship and pilgrimage. It is said that in the 12th century a group of ninety-nine Holy Fathers came up to Azorgires to live in the cave. After a while their leader, John, went off to live on his own in a cave on the Akrotiri peninsular.

The ninety-eight remaining fathers had previously agreed that if one should die then they would all die together. After some years John was accidentally shot with an arrow and died.

That evening the remaining ninety-eight fathers all died of natural causes and were found by the villagers the following morning. Some bones were later removed and buried and some were used to bless the village Plane tree.

This tree still survives protected by The Ministry of Agriculture and unusually for a Plane tree it remains evergreen all year. It's branches grow into crosses and legend has it that when there are ninety nine crosses the tree will die.

The large cave reaches deep down into the body of the mountain and is especially condusive for meditation work. You can enjoy traditional food sitting in the shade of wine grapes in one of the kafenions.

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