Koutouloufari Trip Overview
Cherries, Churches and the Valley of Amari. A hidden paradise between the mountain Kedros and Psilorites. Explore the beautiful landscape at the springtime. For only a few months the year, the valley open it’s beauty. The first stop is at the ceramic pottery village Margerithes. After you’ll visit the hidden valley and see a carpet of flowers, particularly orchids and irises including Orphys mammosa (Breasted orphrys), Orchis pauciflora (Sparsley-flowering orchid), Orchis italica, Orphys tenthredinifera, Iris cretensis, Hermodactylus tuberosus and Romulea bulbocodium. The great profusion of flowers is due to the limestone on which the plateau is situated. One of the highlights of this plateau is the extremely rare Tulipa doerfleri, and it occurs in in such great numbers that the fields are coloured red! Later filled up with the beauty of the flowers you’ll have lunch in a traditional taverna After a good meal you’ll visit Spili, the heart of Crete bevor heading back.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Koutouloufari, Greece
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Koutouloufari, Heraklion Prefecture, Greece
Cherries, Churches and the Valley of Amari. A hidden paradise between the mountain Kedros and Psilorites. Explore the beautiful landscape at the springtime. For only a few months the year, the valley open it’s beauty. The first stop is at the ceramic pottery village Margerithes. After you’ll visit the hidden valley and see a carpet of flowers, particularly orchids and irises including Orphys mammosa (Breasted orphrys), Orchis pauciflora (Sparsley-flowering orchid), Orchis italica, Orphys tenthredinifera, Iris cretensis, Hermodactylus tuberosus and Romulea bulbocodium. The great profusion of flowers is due to the limestone on which the plateau is situated. One of the highlights of this plateau is the extremely rare Tulipa doerfleri, and it occurs in in such great numbers that the fields are coloured red! Later filled up with the beauty of the flowers you’ll have lunch in a traditional taverna After a good meal you’ll visit Spili, the heart of Crete bevor heading back.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Margarites 740 52, Greece
Margarites is undoubtedly the most important pottery center in western Crete. You’ll make a nice little walk through the villange and visit a pottery, to see the traditional techniques which go back to Neolithic period to create ceramics which are very useful in our modern lives.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Spili, Spili, Agios Vasileios Municipality, Rethymnon Prefecture, Crete
Enjoy the fresh climat at the heart of Crete
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Amari, Amari, Rethymnon Prefecture, Crete
Visit a hidden place, a plateau, full of endemic Orchids, Tulips and other colourfull plowers
Duration: 1 hour
