Discover Plakias in Greece
Plakias in the region of Crete with its 450 habitants is a town located in Greece - some 196 mi or ( 315 km ) South of Athens , the country's capital .
Local time in Plakias is now 10:51 AM (Friday) . 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, Metokhia Fratzeskiana, Zouridhion, Yeranion, and Fira. 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 Plakias ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Kalypso Cretan Village Resort & Spa in Plakias Rethymno Crete Greece
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Plakias, Crete 2010
Holiday snaps from Plakias, Crete and surrounding areas, September 2010 ..
Kalypso Cretan Village Resort & Spa
The Kalypso Cretan Village is situated at Plakias, 31 kms south of Rethymnon and 115 kms of Heraklion Airport. The Hotel is located in the grandiose environment of a small isolated gulf. It lies in 50 ..
MiMEtoLiTHs redux
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 ..
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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 .
Located at 35.18 24.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
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.
Located at 35.22 24.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Kouroupa
Kouroupa is a mountain in western Crete. Its summit is 984 metres above sea level. To the east of the mountain lies Kourtaliotiko Gorge. The summit, its telecoms masts and chapel are accessed by an unsurfaced road up from Atsipades village on the northern side of the mountain. On the southern side of the mountain are the villages of Asomatos and Mirthios.
Located at 35.22 24.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Lefkogeia
Lefkogeia is a village in the municipal unit of Foinikas, Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. The village has 289 inhabitants.
Located at 35.18 24.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Atsipades
Atsipades (Greek: Ατσιπάδες, also Atsipades Korakias which refers specifically to the peak) is a modern village and an archaeological site of a Minoan peak sanctuary in western Crete. It is part of the community Koxare within the municipal unit Foinikas. Atsipades is about 20km south of the modern town of Rethymno. Korakias peak is a part of Mount Kouroupas, above the modern village of Atsipades.
Located at 35.22 24.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
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