Sights Gorges and nature ..in West Crete Katholiko gorge in Akrotiri, west Crete
| Katholiko gorge in Akrotiri, west Crete |
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A little further downwards, after walking over an unusually big bridge, you enter the gorge. You then walk on the streambed for about half an hour and reach the coast. The sea is very clean for swimming. You can see a Venetian well, a construction where the monks of Katholikos used to keep their small craft, and the stone portion that was cut off for the building of the Convent.
See the photos from the Naturalist club of Heraklion (www.fysi.gr) from the area of Gouverneto Monastery by Akrotiri. The walk started from the Gouverneto Monastery: Gouverneto Monastery - Cave of Panagia Akroudiotissas - Katholiko Monastery - Avlaki or Katholiko Gorge - Avlaki Fiord - Katholiko Monastery - Stavros Village and beach
Photos by the Naturalist Club Heraklion - Fysi.gr More from the area...
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| Last Updated on Monday, 31 October 2011 19:02 |
Among the 115 caves and 5 small gorges of the promontory, the small verdant gorge of Katholikou or Avlaki Agiou (‘the saint's way') in 
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