The Web Crete Directory - Sights in East and West Crete

Flaki or Filaki Village Apokoronas

webcrete@live.com (Manos) — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Flaki village is 50 km away from Chania and is situated on the east hills of Ceorgioupolis, west Crete. The village took its name after the existing building of prisons and the Creek guardhouses along the river Mousela that runs through the village.

Kastelos Village, Apokoronas

webcrete@live.com (Manos) — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Kastelos village, west Crete is a semi-mountainous village built on the feet of the White Mountains on an altitude of 252 m. It’s named derived from the site it was built (like a castle).

Dramia Village, Apokoronas

webcrete@live.com (Manos) — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Dramia village is situated on the 45thn km of the old national Road Chania Rethyrnno, on the bank of river Mousela. The name comes from the ancient city of Ydramia or Ydramio which was situated on a neighboring hill.

Tripiti Minoan settlement

webcrete@live.com (Manos) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Trypiti or Tripiti settlement is a Early Minoan settlement in southern Crete. It is located on a hill above the bay or beach of Trypiti east of the coastal village of Lendas and southeast from the small village of Krotos.

Museum for the Akritans of Europe

webcrete@live.com (Manos) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The Museum for the Akritans of Europe was created by the Hellenic Research Folklore Centre under the European Programme ACRINET in the town of Paleochora, in Pelekanos county, Chania prefecture.

Agios Vasilios gorge in Rethimno

webcrete@live.com (Manos) — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The gorge of Agios Vasilios is located north of the village of Agios Vasilios, of the municipality Finikas in Rethymno prefecture.

Drakoulaki Cave, Sfakia

webcrete@live.com (Manos) — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Drakoulaki Cave is located close to Agios Ioannis village at south Lefka Ori, Sfakia region, west Crete. A small opening at the root of a cliff leads to a whole different world in the bowels of the earth.

The Historical Archive of Crete

webcrete@live.com (Manos) — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The Historical Archive of Crete was founded in 1920 and its headquarters are in Chania city, west Crete. It is a public inter-prefecture service, a decentralized department of the General Archives of the State and it is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education.

Goudouras gorges, east Crete

webcrete@live.com (Manos) — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

In the area of Goudouras village, 12km east form Makrigialos village, southeast Crete, you can find several small and unknown gorges:

Chamoprina wood in Malia

webcrete@live.com (Manos) — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Approximately 4 km south of Malia, on the Malia-Krasi district road, is the spot known as Chamoprina (meaning "kermes oaks"). As the road winds uphill the landscape changes from cultivated countryside to woodland.