Glykys Kolymbos beach (or Glykos Kolymbos) is the westernmost of all the beaches in the area of the Tris Ekklisies in the Asterousia Mountains. It is a special place with impressive geological formations in the water, which from above look like stripes.
The short-horned cow of the Cretan breed today has many cows mainly in the Drakona area of the White Mountains and until recently was considered almost extinct..
Πάνω από το απόκρημνο φαράγγι του Ανδριανού της επαρχίας Μιραμπέλου υψώνεται το βραχώδες έξαρμα της Φορτέτσας. Αυτόν τον αφιλόξενο, απόκρημνο και φυσικά οχυρωμένο βράχο επέλεξαν οι κατατρεγμένοι Μινωίτες για να εγκαταστήσουν μια μικρή πόλη κατά τη λεγόμενη Σκοτεινή Περίοδο.
The church of Saint John the Baptist in Sembronas is located in the neighborhood Bomboliana. It is a small arched, one-storey church dedicated to Saint John's Head Cut (celebrates on August 29).
The river Mouselas flows through the valleys that form east of the White Mountains and flow into the western boundary of the large beach of Episkopi, in the large bay of Almyros that has the most rivers in Crete. It is the natural border of the prefectures of Chania and Rethymno.
In the village Karavados in prefecture Heraklion lies a small gorge that is completely unknown, Argoulidias gorge. Its name is taken after the many wild olive trees (called argoulides in Cretan dialect) found in the canyon, the vegetation of which is complemented by carobs, Nerium oleanders and many plane trees.
Στην περιοχή του όρμου της πόλης του Αγίου Νικολάου και σε απόκρημνη περιοχή που κοιτάει προς τα δυτικά, βρίσκεται η ιστορική βίλα του σκηνοθέτη Νίκου Κούνδουρου (1926 - 2017).
Lendas is a remote seaside settlement located in the imposing Asterousia Mountains, 74km south of Heraklion. The settlement is built on the site of the ancient city of Levena, which flourished in the Greco-Roman years, as the seaport of Gortyn, which was then the most important city of Crete.
