Plateau Gious Kambos is located on the western edge of Mount Kedros at an altitude of 750m and can be accessed through the villages Gerakari, Kissos, Spili, or Patsos. According to an imaginative, but unsubstantiated view expressed by Michael Defner (German...
Idi or Psiloritis with the highest peak at 2,456m. (Timios Stavros), is characterized by a variety of landscapes, great biodiversity, and the presence of many endemic species of flora and fauna, even rare and endangered species. Limestones, dolomites, and slates are...
It includes the mountainous mass of Kedros (peak 1776 m), the wider area of Patsos, the Potamos dam, and to the west the gorges of Agia Fotia and Kissos. It is characterized by igneous rocks and low vegetation with bushes and brambles. Rare species are also observed...
The Platys Potamos is considered one of the largest rivers of Crete, and one of the most important ecosystems in the area of the Municipality of Koureton. The Platys Potamos gathers the waters of the streams of Southwestern Psiloritis and after traveling a long...
On the small Kalikas plateau northeast of Nithauri village, on the western slope of Psiloritis, there is another sacred cave, at an altitude of about 1200 meters with the entrance oriented to the south. It was named after the well-known French theologian-archaeologist...
