Touring Avdhou in Greece
Avdhou in the region of Crete is located in Greece - some 212 mi or ( 342 km ) South-East of Athens , the country's capital city .
Time in Avdhou is now 11:14 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Athens " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Tobruk, Thrapsanon, Fira, Rethymno, and Patras. Being here already, consider visiting Tobruk . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Avdhou ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Crete 2006 / Creta 2006 - SVB clip
SVB 2006 - Crete - clip music ..
Amnesia Club Hersonissos Crete
Amnesia Club Hersonissos Crete ..
Lashiti Plateau wind mill
Crete - August 2009. lashiti Plateau ..
San Giorgio Restaurant Malia Crete - Greek night: Fragkosyriani / Hasapiko dance
www.facebook.com | San Giorgio restaurant in Malia Old Town, Crete, during one of their popular Greek Nights, with live Greek music, Greek dancers, lots of dancing by the audience, good food and lots ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Karfi
Karfi, Crete, (also Karphi, Greek: Καρφί) is a little-visited archaeological site high in the Dikti Mountains that is akin to Machu Picchu for the Minoan civilization. When the warlike mixed group conventionally referred to as Dorians arrived in Crete from the Peloponnese after ca 1100 BCE, archaeological reconstructions suggest that they would have found the Minoan people living along with the Mycenaeans, surviving as an underclass.
Located at 35.22 25.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Lyctus
For the beetle genus, see Lyctus (beetle). Lyctus or Lyttos, was one of the most considerable cities in ancient Crete, which appears in the Homeric catalogue. Lyttos is now a village in the municipality of Minoa Pediada.
Located at 35.21 25.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Psychro Cave
Psychro Cave is an ancient Minoan sacred cave in the Lasithi district of eastern Crete. Psychro is associated with the Diktaean Cave, the putative site of Zeus' birth. According to Hesiod, Theogony 477, Rhea gave birth to Zeus in a cave of Mount Aegaeon, near Lyttos; since the late nineteenth century the cave above the modern village of Psychro has been identified with this sanctuary.
Located at 35.16 25.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Lychnostatis Open Air Museum
Lychnostatis Open Air Museum is a museum in Hersonissos, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. It is an autonomous private foundation, established in July 1992, based on private collection owned by ophthalmologist Yiorgos Markakis. The Markakis and local workers were responsible for the building of the museum between 1986 and 1992. In March 1994, the Association of Members of the Museum was established, to obtain sponsorships and grants to operate the museum .
Located at 35.31 25.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Chryssolakkos
Chryssolakkos means the "Pit of gold". This is where the ancient necropolis (royal burial enclosure or cemetery, 1700BCE) in Malia, an ancient Minoan town in Crete, Greece is located. The famous Bee Pendant now on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum was found here. The pendant shows two wasps storing or may be sharing a drop of honey and is of high quality gold-smithery of the Minoan times.
Located at 35.30 25.49 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
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