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Wonderful hiking.Just need good weather. I came to the top and fog appeared. I will definitely go there again.

One of the best places to see griffon vultures.

The walls of the gorge behind the village (Abba Canyon) are home to the largest colony of vultures in Greece and Southern Europe, including the bearded vulture, which is the rarest species of vulture in Europe.

Definitely not a beach for package tourists. To get there you have to cross the Asterousia mountain range in the south of Crete - and that means gravel roads and serpentines without guard rails - 10 km long and around 1000 meters in altitude, first up and then down again (the way back is the same). We didn't even see the ubiquitous jeep safaris there. A four-by-four is highly recommended. You will be rewarded with absolute peace and quiet and there is even a tavern not too far away.

There is a summit book in the small chapel, so not many people seem to get lost on the Kofinas.

Tris Eklesias is still completely untouched by mass tourism. An adventurous journey along a good asphalt road, but countless hairpin bends. Several almost empty beaches. The one in the west is particularly beautiful, empty in May. It is best to walk from the village or drive there in a four-wheel drive car. There are 5 (!) tavernas here - all empty but open when we visited in May - paradise.

Fantastic all-round view of the inland and the sea. When the weather is good you can see almost the entire island from here.

A little bumpy but safe climb. Magnificent view over half of Crete. 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”.