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Vai Destination Guide

Discover Vai in Greece

Vai in the region of Crete is a town located in Greece - some 235 mi or ( 379 km ) South-East of Athens , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Vai

Local time in Vai is now 11:49 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Athens " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Tobruk, Zakros, Xirolimni, Vrisidhion, and Fira. When in this area, you might want to check out Tobruk . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Vai ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Vai Crete 2 (Watch in HD)

1:10 min by nikos470
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Vai east crete ..

Vai beach

2:21 min by esalvotti
Views: 3805 Rating: 4.43

Creta - Greece - August 2009 the famous Vai palm beach ..


Relaxing in Palekastro

1:06 min by MegaBarankin
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Relaxing in Palekastro, Greece, Crete, after a buzy vacation day. Shot at night with a Sony HDR-CX520E camcoder. June 2010. Some quality was lost during conversion to a wmv file. ..

hellas VAI PALMGROVE EAST CRETE - THE BEACH

5:33 min by antreas6
Views: 843 Rating: 5.00

en.wikipedia.org ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Vai (Crete)

The palm beach of Vai is one of the largest attractions of the Mediterranean island of Crete. It features the largest natural palm forest in Europe, made up of Cretan Date Palm (Phoenix theophrasti). For tourism Vai was discovered at the beginning of the 1970s by Richard White and friends from North London, Belfast and Bavaria, at the end of that decade it was popularised by the last Hippies who fled the hot-spots Matala and Preveli.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 35.25 26.26 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Beaches of Greece, Forests of Greece, Geography of Crete, Lasithi, National parks of Greece, Visitor attractions in Crete

Peristerovrachoi

Peristerovrachoi (Greek: Περιστερόβραχοι, "pigeon rocks"), are uninhabited Greek islets/rocks, in the Aegean Sea, close to the eastern coast of Crete. Administratively they lie within the Itanos municipality of Lasithi.

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Located at 35.26 26.27 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Islands of Crete, Lasithi, Mediterranean islands, Uninhabited islands of Greece

Mavros Vrachos

Mavros Vrachos (Greek: Μαύρος Βράχος, "black rock"), is an uninhabited Greek islet, in the Aegean Sea, close to the eastern coast of Crete. Administratively it lies within the Itanos municipality of Lasithi.

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Located at 35.26 26.27 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Islands of Crete, Lasithi, Mediterranean islands, Uninhabited islands of Greece

Mavros

Mavros, is an uninhabited Greek islet, in the Aegean Sea, close to the eastern coast of Crete. Administratively it lies within the Itanos municipality of Lasithi.

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Located at 35.27 26.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Islands of Crete, Lasithi, Mediterranean islands, Uninhabited islands of Greece

Megatzedes

Megatzedes, is an uninhabited Greek islet, in the Aegean Sea, close to the eastern coast of Crete. Administratively it lies within the Itanos municipality of Lasithi.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 35.27 26.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Islands of Crete, Lasithi, Mediterranean islands, Uninhabited islands of Greece