Category: Villages

  • Vrisses

    Thirty kilometers far from Chania at the southeast, just two kilometers off the National Highway to Rethymno , we can find Vrisses, a beautiful village with 850 permanent residents, built in a valley full of trees, luxuriant vegetation and running waters. It is worth visiting the area, as the nearby typically Cretan small villages, usually […]

  • Gavdos Island

    Gavdos is a beautiful island at the South of Crete with less than 100 permanent residents, 22 nautical miles far from Chora Sfakion and 31 nautical miles far from Palaeochora. Its extent is 37 square kilometers. It has six settlements, Sarakiniko, Karave and Korfos by the sea, at the east, Kastri at the inland, almost […]

  • Vamos

    Situated 25 kilometers far from Chania, at the southeast, Vamos is a small inland village with approximately 665 permanent residents. Vamos is a historic village, known for the very often revolts against the Ottoman dominants. It used to be a strategic place due to the great location it has and there for many battles had […]

  • Agia Roumeli

    Situated at the Southern coast of Crete at the exit of the Samaria Gorge, Agia Roumeli is a small village with 120 permanent residents. The village is built on the site of the ancient town Tara, a well-known independent town flourishing during the Roman period. The actual village is usually quiet enough, except in late […]