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Routaki car route 56 – ‘Lassithi’

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About the Tour – You’ll have a chance to:

  • Hear the special story of Agios Georgios, the bulletproof icon, while exploring the Selinari monastery and find out why the church was built in one night, during a full moon.
  • Find out how one Neapoli local became Pope Alexander and enjoy a beautiful view over the olive tree fields at the nuns’ monastery of Kremasta.
  • Learn about the entire water system that has been constructed on the Lassithi plateau to fill the Aposelemi reservoir.
  • Understand the importance of the Kera Kerdiotissa monastery’s chain, used every year on September 8th, during the celebration of Mary’s Day.
  • See the water well of Krasi, where villagers have done their laundry in the shade of its ancient plane tree for over a century.

 

On this four-hour tour, designed to fill an entire day, I’ll point bring you to the famous cave on the fertile plateau. Along the way I inform you about the customs and traditions of the Cretans. Your drink will taste excellent of the square of Mochos.

Description

A Drive along the Lassithi Plateau: From Stalida to Zeus’s Birthplace

One more time – the highlights of Car route 56 – ‘Lassithi’:

    • You’re able to visit the Minoan excavation site of Malia
    • You’ll pass by the Selinari monastery with its special story.
    • Use the Nikos Kazantzakis street in the ‘new town’ of Neapoli.
    • You can visit the views at the monastery of Kremasta.
    • Have the mythology explained around the birth cave of Zeus.
    • Explore the Lasinthos Eco park on the Lassithi plateau.
    • Delight in a terrace experience in a cozy Cretan taverna.
    • Visit the Diktaion Andron Cave as one of the highlights.
    • See the beautiful gardens of monastery ‘Mother Marty Vidiani‘.
    • Experience the amazing view on the Embelos pass.
    • Enjoy the story of Kera Kardiotissa and the huge platanos.
    • Relax on the village square of Mochos, maybe with a raki.
    • As a conclusion, enjoy the amazing views over the North coast.
route 42 shows the constructions to make raisins
the wood carving museum in the village of Axos
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And all of this with the unique Routaki system. While you’re driving, your own smartphone ‘tells’ you various things via the RAGiF’s. These Routaki Audio Guide info Files provide you with interesting information about things you encounter along the way or general points of interest about Crete.

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