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Kofinas Summit

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Kofinas Summit

Name: Kofinas Summit
Rating: 2

Recommended by 39 hikers

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Location: Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Ηρακλείου, Greece

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1. Ascent to Asterousia Mountains – Chapel at the Foot of Kofinas loop from Fournofarago

12.9km

04:02

430m

Expert hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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2. Kofinas Summit – View from Kofinas to Lentas loop from Paranimfi

4.74km

01:41

250m

Expert hike. Great for any fitness level. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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Radler

May 7, 2022

Awesome view from Kofinas: deep down in the south coast+forests+..., west along the long coast, north the fertile Mezzara? plain. Calm flight of birds of prey in the updraft.

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Andreas

August 27, 2023

The climb to Kofinas and the view over half of Crete is one of the highlights of every holiday on the island. The way up is a bit bumpy, but not dangerous (although classified as a T3 via ferrata, it is probably more of a T2). The summit itself is more of a plateau. Above is the Holy Cross Church, compared to older pictures it looks freshly renovated. Inside there is a kind of summit book. The clouds are moving over the mountain and it is a unique atmosphere up here. There was once a Minoan sanctuary on Kofinas and as early as the early 7th century BC. a temple complex. From the 1st century AD until today it has again been a holy place. In the 1960s to '90s, numerous cult objects were discovered during excavations up here. Every year on September 14th a big celebration takes place here, during which the fruits of a “holy tree” are collected and blessed, then distributed to the locals as a kind of “holy bread”.

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Dimitris

January 28, 2025

One of the best places to see griffon vultures.

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Location: Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Ηρακλείου, Greece

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1. Ascent to Asterousia Mountains – Chapel at the Foot of Kofinas loop from Fournofarago

2. Kofinas Summit – View from Kofinas to Lentas loop from Paranimfi

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