Askyfou Plateau, about 50km south of Chania city, is located in a strategic position and is formed on the passage that connects the southern shores of Sfakia to the north coasts of Crete. Sfakia did always breed great revolutionaries and the Turks always wanted to control them. Thus, in response to the Cretan Revolution of 1866, they began construct Koules, i.e. small castles, in the most important locations of Sfakia.
Η Μινωική νεκρόπολη των Αρμένων βρίσκεται 9 km νότια της πόλης του Ρεθύμνου, πάνω στο φυσικό και οδικό άξονα που συνδέει τη βόρεια με τη νότια ακτή της Κρήτης. Πρόκειται για το μεγαλύτερο ανασκαμμένο νεκροταφείο της Υστερομινωικής ΙΙΙ Α-Β Περιόδου (1400-1200πΧ), το οποίο απλώνεται σε ένα χαμηλό λόφο στη θέση Πρινοκέφαλο.
At Arhanes we meet the unique museum - private collection of engravings and exlibris in Greece. The exhibits include lithographs, ex libris, free graphics, thumbnails, etc.
The Moorish Wall Gecko (scient. Tarentola mauritanica) is a small species of lizard that reaches a total length of 16cm and can be found on the island of Crete.
Η Αρχαιολογική Συλλογή Ιεράπετρας άρχισε να συγκροτείται στα τέλη του 19oυ αιώνα, όταν φιλάρχαιοι κάτοικοι της πόλης ίδρυσαν το Φιλεκπαιδευτικό Σύλλογο Ιεράπετρας, με σκοπό την περισυλλογή και τη διαφύλαξη των αρχαίων της περιοχής και τη δημιουργία μουσειακής συλλογής.
The Plateau of Vromonero or Lakkos Limas is located at an altitude of 1300m, 10km west of the village Kroussonas, in an amazing location east of the summit Skinakas of Psiloritis Mt, where the homonym observatory of the University of Crete is located. It can be accessed via a dirt track running through the gorge of Halasia, which starts from Livadi plateau and ends in Krousonas.
The edible dormouse (Glis glis argenteus), squirrel tailed dormouse, myoxus or fat dormouse of Crete is a subspecies of the common dormouse species, met throughout Europe and western Asia. Crete is the southernmost point where we meet this species, with the largest population being limited in Samaria National Park and some individuals being reported in Psiloritis Mount.
The plateau Manikas is located at the province of Sfakia, at an altitude of 720 meters. Today, the settlement Manikas, after which it gets its name, has been abandoned and is only used by shepherds. The plateau hosts the beautiful stone-built church dedicated to St Emmanuel (celebr. August 21).
