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Explore Mesa Potamoi in Greece

Mesa Potamoi in the region of Crete is a town in Greece - some 216 mi or ( 347 km ) South-East of Athens , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Mesa Potamoi is now 04:17 AM (Friday) . 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, Fira, Stalida, Rethymno, and Patras. 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 Mesa Potamoi ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Crete 2006 / Creta 2006 - SVB clip

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Reflex Bar - Malia Crete Greece.

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Reflex Paul does the reverse conga in Reflex the 80s Bar - Malia Crete. Lets all do the Conga, lets all do the Conga - la la la la ..


ZigZag's Malia Crete - Malia's only Video Wall

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ZigZag's Malia Crete - Malia's only Video Wall. Check out the Tag Team DJs live everynight at ZigZags. You must see the video wall on your trip Malia. ..

SISSI CRETE 2011 BOAT TRIP

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Boat being swamped at the mouth of Sissi Harbour. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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

Katharo

Katharo is a plateau on the Dikti mountain on the island of Crete, in the regional unit of Lasithi. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Agios Nikolaos, (municipal division of Kritsa). It is 16 km from Kritsa (asphalt road) and 12 km from Mesa Lassithi (rough mountain road). It is 4 km long, 1.5 km wide and at an average altitude of 1,150 m above sea level, (300 m higher than Lasithi Plateau).

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Located at 35.15 25.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Lasithi

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 9 km away
Tags: Lasithi, Plateaus of Europe

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

Chryssolakkos

Chryssolakkos means the "Pit of gold". This is where the ancient necropolis (royal burial enclosure or cemetery, 1700BCE) in Malia, an ancient Minoan town in Crete, Greece is located. The famous Bee Pendant now on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum was found here. The pendant shows two wasps storing or may be sharing a drop of honey and is of high quality gold-smithery of the Minoan times.

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Located at 35.30 25.49 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Minoan sites in Crete