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Xidhas Destination Guide

Delve into Xidhas in Greece

Xidhas in the region of Crete is a city in Greece - some 213 mi or ( 342 km ) South-East of Athens , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Xidhas

Current time in Xidhas is now 08:09 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Athens " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Tobruk, Xidhas, Fira, Rethymno, and Patras. While being here, make sure to check out Tobruk . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Xidhas ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Amnesia Club Hersonissos Crete

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Amnesia Club Hersonissos Crete ..

Beachroad Grammatikakisstreet Stalis Crete

1:31 min by Jos Houben
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Beachroad Grammatikakisstreet Stalis Crete ..


Scramble!!!

0:42 min by Michael Alexandris
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Kolotourkalades!!! Akoma k sth giorti tis polemikis aeroporias vrikate na kanete askiseis??? ..

Columbus Annabelle Village Creta

2:09 min by Thomas Marzari
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Interesting facts about this location

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.

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Located at 35.21 25.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek mints, Apollo, Cretan city-states, Former populated places in Greece, Spartan colonies

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.

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Located at 35.16 25.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Ancient caves of Greece, Greek mythology, Lasithi, Minoan sites in Crete

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.

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Located at 35.22 25.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Former populated places in Greece, Historical religious sanctuaries, Lasithi, Minoan sites in Crete, Populated places in Ancient Greece

Koxari

Koxari is a village near Iraklion in Crete. It is in the Municipality of Gouves. The village is at an altitude of 180 meters and is 23.3 km from Heraklion.

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Located at 35.28 25.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
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Chersonesos (Lyctus)

Chersonesos or Chersonesus, is an ancient city of Crete, Greece. It was the haven of Lyctus, with a temple of Britomartis 16 M P. from Cnossus. Robert Pashley found ruins close to a little port on the shore, and the actual names of the villages Hersonissos and Episcopianó, indicate that here is to be found what was once the ancient port of Lyctus, and afterwards became an episcopal city. The city minted coins in antiquity.

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Located at 35.30 25.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek mints, Cretan city-states, Former populated places in Greece, Port settlements in ancient Crete