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Gouvai Destination Guide

Discover Gouvai in Greece

Gouvai in the region of Crete with its 7,760 habitants is a town located in Greece - some 205 mi or ( 329 km ) South-East of Athens , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Gouvai

Local time in Gouvai is now 03:59 AM (Wednesday) . 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, Thrapsanon, Fira, Stalida, and Skotinon. 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 Gouvai ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Pella Gouves Crete Kreta

0:33 min by mariusvankalkeren
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Pella apartments and restaurant tavern shop Gouves Crete kreta ..

Kato Gouves - Greece Crete 2005

3:13 min by MrPepanos
Views: 8073 Rating: 5.00

Kato Gouves, Crete. Hotel Aphrodite. Video - film - presentation... ..


Crete - Iraklion Air Station Base Tour 1987

9:51 min by cblountt
Views: 5129 Rating: 5.00

This is an almost complete driving tour of Iraklion Air Station Crete, Greece as it looked in 1987. ..

Klio Apartments

2:36 min by Gareth Williams
Views: 3266 Rating: 5.00

My video of the klio apartments in Gouves, Crete. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Skotino cave

The Skotino cave is one of the largest and more impressive caves among the many caves found in Crete. The cave lies high on a hill northwest of the village of Skotino, a few kilometers inland south of Gouves. It is also known as Agia Paraskevi cave from the church dedicated to Saint Paraskevi built on top of it. The cave is 160 meters deep and 36 meters wide.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 35.31 25.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Ancient caves of Greece, Heraklion (regional unit), Minoan sites in Crete, Votive offering

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 3 km away
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Iraklion Air Station

Iraklion Air Station was a United States Air Force facility located 16 kilometers east of the city of Iraklion in the village of Gournes, in the north central section of the Greek island of Crete.

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Located at 35.33 25.29 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Crete, Closed facilities of the United States Air Force

Cretaquarium

Cretaquarium (Greek: Ενυδρείο Κρήτης, Enidrio Kritis) or Thalassocosmos (Greek: Θαλασσόκοσμος, "sea world") is a public aquarium located near the town of Gournes in Crete, Greece, 15 km east of the city of Heraklion. The Cretaquarium project was conceived by employees of the former Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC) to create the first large aquarium in Greece, as part of a marine park for research, education, culture and recreation.

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Located at 35.33 25.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Aquaria in Greece, Heraklion (regional unit), Museums in Crete

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 5 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek mints, Cretan city-states, Former populated places in Greece, Port settlements in ancient Crete

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