Episkopi is a tiny town in the Rethimno prefecture and county. It is located 22.5 kilometers from Rethimno on the ancient national route of Rethimno-Hania. The village is situated at a height of 120 meters above sea level, with views of Crete’s northern shore and the lush and rich Mousselas River valley. It was the seat of the municipality of Read more…

Pachia Ammos is a beach town in the Regional Unit of Lasithi, and the headquarters of the homonymous Community of the Municipality of Ierapetra. It is located in the Mirabello Bay cove, 19 kilometers east of Agios Nikolaos and 13 kilometers north of Ierapetra, on the route connecting Agios Nikolaos with Sitia and Ierapetra. The Institute for the Study of Read more…

Because to its cave (Diktaion Antron), which is located immediately above the settlement, Psychro is the most renowned and touristic village on the Plateau. According to legend, and because of numerous cult relics discovered in the cave, it is where Zeus, the father of the Olympian Gods, was born and primarily revered. Of course, the cave is one of Crete’s Read more…

Tzermiado or Tzermiadon (official: Tzermiadon) is a hamlet in the Lassithi prefecture of Crete, and the headquarters of the titular Community and Municipality of Lassithi Plateau (Lassithi District). It has 637 residents, according to the 2011 census. It has a secondary school, a high school, a health center, bank branches, and a post office, with the primary school closing in Read more…

The Zoniana is a mountain settlement in the Rethymno prefecture, some 50 kilometers southeast of the city of Rethymno. The Zoniana spans across the slopes of the renowned mountain, built at a height of 640 meters on the foothills of Psiloritis, shrouded by scattered olive orchards. The village contains few undeveloped plots of land, with humans and sheep coexisting in Read more…

This settlement is worth visiting because of its archaeological significance, since it contains a significant archaeological site. Eleutherna also boasts a new archaeological museum for the county, which is about 200 meters from the tavern. Eleutherna was one of a hundred cities in Crete that went by the name Satra, with variants like Satyr, before being renamed Apollonia. The goddess Read more…