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Sfaka Village in Mochlos

SfakaSfaka is a medium sized traditional village, 30 kilometers from Sitia City, Eastern Crete and 40 kilometres from Agios Nikolaos, on the main bus route between the two towns and belongs to the Municipality of Sitia. It is located between Tourloti village in the east and Lastros in the west.

It has a long history, and archaeological monuments including the meta-Byzantine icons of "Stavrosis" and the Church "Panagia" in the "Kato Chorio". Sfaka now has 200 - 250 inhabitants, but in the past its population was greater than 2000. Recently, Sfaka has been considered a tourist destination for its port, Mochlos.

Population - 422 in 2001
Altitude - 236 metres
School - Yes
Mini-market - Yes
Taverna - Yes
Kafeneio - Yes

Sfaka Sfaka

Hiking with the Naturalist Club Heraklion (fysi.gr):

Our walk began just outside the village Sfaka (alt. 255 m).

We went immediately to the canyon Sfaka or Koudoumas and reached the plateau Monokara (alt. 750 m).

Then we walked to a stone path having a panoramic view of the gorge itself and to the Cretan Sea, to the villages Myrsine, Tourloti, Sfaka and finaly we arrived at the village Tourloti (alt. 315 m).

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Photos by the Naturalist Club Heraklion - Fysi.gr

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