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Lyttos Destination Guide

Explore Lyttos in Greece

Lyttos in the region of Crete is a town in Greece - some 212 mi or ( 342 km ) South-East of Athens , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Lyttos is now 10:58 PM (Thursday) . 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, Tzingouna, Fira, and Rethymno. 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 Lyttos ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Space Bowl Water slide Creta Greece, Turbo Cyclone

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Amnesia Club Hersonissos Crete

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Amnesia Club Hersonissos Crete ..


Beachroad Grammatikakisstreet Stalis Crete

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Beachroad Grammatikakisstreet Stalis Crete ..

Scramble!!!

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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 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 9 km away
Tags: Ancient caves of Greece, Greek mythology, Lasithi, Minoan sites in Crete

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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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

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