Katsikia

The last beach north of Agios Nikolaos, on the way to Elounda, is the beach of Katsikia. The area is named like this (katsikia means goats) after the many goat pens of the past;  similarly, Agios Nikolaos town was called Mandraki that means goat pen. Katsikia hosts a nice sandy beach with stones in a places, well hidden in front of the hotel Candia Park Village. To get there you should walk either across the hotel or follow the road around it. 

Continuing north, the road to Elounda climbs up till Lenika settlement (or Ellinika) that is very close to the ancient sanctuary of Aphrodite.

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0.5 km Havania beach ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.3 0.8 km Mirabelo beach ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 1.1 km Koundouros villa at Agios Nikolaos ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 1.3 km Katholiko beach at Agios Nikolaos ★★★★★★★★★★ 1.1 1.5 km Aphrodite’s Sanctuary at Lenika ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.3 1.5 km Church of Saint Nicholas at Agios Nikolaos (Ormos) ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 2.2 km Ammoudi beach in Agios Nikolaos ★★★★★★★★★★ 2.1 2.3 km Agii Pantes Lighthouse at Mikronissi ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 2.3 km Mikronissi Islet (Fanari) 2.3 km Mikronissi beach ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 2.5 km Agii Pantes Islet at Agios Nikolaos 2.5 km Akti Koundourou beach ★★★★★★★★★★ 2.9 2.5 km Agii Pantes beach ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 2.6 km Islet Agii Pantes ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 2.7 km Archaeological Museum of Agios Nikolaos ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 2.9 km Ancient Naxos at Oxa ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.8 3 km Folklore Museum of Agios Nikolaos ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.0 3 km Agios Nikolaos Lake (Voulismeni) ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3

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