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Kastamonitsa Destination Guide

Explore Kastamonitsa in Greece

Kastamonitsa in the region of Crete is a town in Greece - some 213 mi or ( 344 km ) South-East of Athens , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Kastamonitsa is now 05:53 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Athens " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Tobruk, Xidhas, Toikhos, Thrapsanon, and Fira. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Tobruk . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Kastamonitsa ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Crete 2006 / Creta 2006 - SVB clip

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SVB 2006 - Crete - clip music ..

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??? ..


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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 2 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 7 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 9 km away
Tags: Former populated places in Greece, Historical religious sanctuaries, Lasithi, Minoan sites in Crete, Populated places in Ancient Greece

Limnakaro

Limnakaro is a small (approx. 1000 m in the E-W direction and 600 m in the N-S) plateau located south of the Lassithi plateau, near the villages of Avrakondes and Agios Georgios in eastern Crete, Greece. Limnakaro lies at about 1120 m above sea level, at the feet of the Spathi summit that rises at 2148 m. Because of its altitude, the plateau is mainly used as grazing grounds for sheep and goats. It has a rich wild flora and grows a number of walnut, pear, apple and chestnut trees.

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Located at 35.14 25.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Lasithi, Plateaus of Europe

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 12 km away
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