Stalos Trip Overview
Lassithi Plateau is located in a peaceful and fertile region, it is surrounded by the wild mountains of Dikti and several smaller plateaus. The altitude ranges from 800 to 850m, making Lassithi one of the few residential areas in the Mediterranean at such high altitude. Zeus Cave It sits at 1540 metres above sea level. It is a very large cavern to explore and an inner sanctum. Kritsa is a traditional village with old houses and narrow streets on the Lassithi (Dikti) mountains. From many vantage points throughout the village, there is the church, Panagia Kera to see the wonderful frescos painted in Byzantine times. Agios Nikolaos the small picturesque town where you find one of the two sweet water lakes of Crete.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Stalos, Greece
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Bus & Minivan Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Stalos, Chania Prefecture, Greece
Lassithi Plateau is located in a peaceful and fertile region, it is surrounded by the wild mountains of Dikti and several smaller plateaus. The altitude ranges from 800 to 850m, making Lassithi one of the few residential areas in the Mediterranean at such high altitude. Zeus Cave It sits at 1540 metres above sea level. It is a very large cavern to explore and an inner sanctum. Kritsa is a traditional village with old houses and narrow streets on the Lassithi (Dikti) mountains. From many vantage points throughout the village, there is the church, Panagia Kera to see the wonderful frescos painted in Byzantine times. Agios Nikolaos the small picturesque town where you find one of the two sweet water lakes of Crete.
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Stop At: Lassithi Plateau, Crete 72052 Greece
Lassithi Plateau is located in a peaceful and fertile region, it is surrounded by the wild mountains of Dikti and several smaller plateaus. The altitude ranges from 800 to 850m, making Lassithi one of the few residential areas in the Mediterranean at such high altitude.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Cave of Psychros, Psychros, Lasithi Mesa, Crete 72053 Greece
Psychro Cave is an ancient Minoan sacred cave in Lasithi plateau in the Lasithi district of eastern Crete. Psychro is associated with the Diktaean Cave, one of the putative sites of the birth of Zeus. Other legends place it as the Idaean Cave on Mount Ida
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kritsa, Kritsa, Lasithi Prefecture, Crete
Kritsa is one of the oldest and most picturesque villages in Crete, Greece, built amphitheatrically on a rock hill, named Kastellos, surrounded by olive groves, at an altitude of 375 m. It is part of the municipality of Agios Nikolaos. During the Middle Ages, it was thought to be the largest village in Crete.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Panagias Keras Church, Agios Nikolaos, Crete 721 00 Greece
The Church of Panagia Kera is a Cretan Byzantine church, located 1 km from the village of Kritsa, in the Dikte Mountains. It contains the finest-preserved Byzantine-era frescoes in Crete, and for that reason, has become one of the most culturally and historically significant churches on the island.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Agios Nikolaos, Agios Nikolaos, Lasithi Prefecture, Crete
Agios Nikolaos or Aghios Nikolaos is a coastal town on the Greek island of Crete, lying east of the island’s capital Heraklion, north of the town of Ierapetra and west of the town of Sitia.
Duration: 1 hour
