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Arolithion Destination Guide

Touring Arolithion in Greece

Arolithion in the region of Crete is located in Greece - some 191 mi or ( 308 km ) South of Athens , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Arolithion

Time in Arolithion is now 07:41 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, Yeranion, Vamos, Fira, and Rethymno. 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 Arolithion ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

ΑΣΗ ΓΩΝΙΑ-ASIGONIA 2008 CRETE KRETA

3:23 min by creteisland
Views: 13025 Rating: 5.00

Asi Gonia (Ασή Γωνιά), is a community in the eastern part of the prefecture of Chania Crete ..

Plakias, Crete 2010

11:30 min by syd1138
Views: 4809 Rating: 5.00

Holiday snaps from Plakias, Crete and surrounding areas, September 2010 ..


MiMEtoLiTHs redux

3:24 min by Algis Kemezys
Views: 2989 Rating: 4.79

This is my 16x9 trailer for MiMEtoLITHs, a 60 minute movie about rocks that look like living beings, on the island of Crete. It also touches on interstellar space travel, genetic manipulation, Shapesh ..

Plakias Beach / Crete

6:00 min by Xjoyce80
Views: 1959 Rating: 5.00

There was a dreamy day, hours before my birthday that I filmed Plakias beach. My lovely wooden beach bar, mes tin ammo, was there to fill that night with music and alcohol. I left my secrets that nigh ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Kallikratis

Kallikratis is a small village in Sfakia municipality, southwest Crete, Greece. According to tradition, it was named after the admiral Manoussos Kallikratis, who in March 1453 led a campaign to reinforce the defense of Constantinople with 5 ships and 1500 Cretan volunteers. As reported by Sphrantzes in his Chronicle, these volunteers manned three towers on the walls of Constantinople and continued to fight bravely even after the city had fallen.

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Located at 35.24 24.26 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Populated places in Chania (regional unit)

Argoules, Chania

Argoules is a semi-mountainous hamlet in Sfakia municipality on the island of Crete, Greece. It is the easternmost settlement of the Chania regional unit, located at a distance of about 85 km from the city of Chania. The time of its establishment is unknown, however Argoules is mentioned in Venetian registers as early as the sixteenth century (1577), belonging to the Territorio di Rettimo.

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Located at 35.20 24.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Populated places in Chania (regional unit)

Kotsifos Gorge

The Kotsifos Gorge is a gorge on the southern side of the western part of the island of Crete. It is situated west of the mountain of Kouroupa, north of the town of Plakias, and on the road between Sellia and Angouseliana. It is noted for the high number of Cretan endemic plant species that grow there.

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Located at 35.22 24.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Gorges of Crete, Rethymno (regional unit)

Plakias

Plakias is a village on the south coast of the Greek island of Crete, in the Rethymno regional unit, about 30 kilometres south of the city of Rethymno. It is part of the municipal unit Foinikas. It is surrounded by mountains to the north and the Libyan Sea to the south. The name in Greek means "flat", because the town stands on an alluvial fan of material that has washed down the Kotsifou gorge directly to the north .

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Located at 35.18 24.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Populated places in Rethymno (regional unit)

Kournas

Kournas is the name of a village and nearby lake on the island of Crete, Greece. It is in the Apokoronas region of Chania regional unit close to the border with Rethymno regional unit, 47 km from the town of Chania. Kournas is a fairly large village perched on a hill overlooking the lake. It is in the Georgioupoli municipality, not far from the town of the same name.

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Located at 35.33 24.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Lakes of Greece, Populated places in Chania (regional unit)