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Rouvas Forest Plateau – Beautiful picnic spot with old trees loop from Community of Gergeri

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Rouvas Forest Plateau – Beautiful picnic spot with old trees loop from Community of Gergeri

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Rouvas Forest Plateau – Beautiful picnic spot with old trees loop from Community of Gergeri

03:03

9.67km

390m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

Last updated: August 1, 2026

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Mitata Stone Huts of Psiloritis (Zaros and Rouvas)

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I don't really understand the purpose of this area.

It is currently in the hands of goats.

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2.38 km

View of Mount Psiloritis

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This monumental view is created several hundred metres above the plateau.

Magnificent!

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4.96 km

Rouvas Forest Plateau

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It's just beautiful here on the plateau!

Shady spots, tables, silence.

amazing!!!

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5.06 km

Beautiful picnic spot with old trees

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At the top, the Ekklisia Agios Ioannis and a beautiful high valley await the hiker, and sometimes on the weekend there are crowds of locals who, of course, know a …

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5.19 km

Rouvas Refuge

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The house is available for overnight stays.

Attention: No management!!!

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5.22 km

Agios Ioannis Chapel

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The chapel of Agios Ioánnis is the destination of the hike through the Rouwas Gorge. It is located on a small plateau at 938 meters and can also be reached …

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8.28 km

View of the Psiloritis Mountain Range

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Great view of the mountain range opposite!

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8.96 km

View of Crete's highest mountain

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in the back in the middle - that is Psiloritis

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Way Types & Surfaces

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8.97 km

558 m

146 m

Surfaces

9.37 km

169 m

139 m

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Sunday 30 August

29°C

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July 7, 2024,🇬🇷 Kreta E4 - 28. Etappe: Rouvas Alm - Diplori

Today was a successful and very beautiful continuation of the unfinished hike two days before, with wonderful views of nature. A really great compensation for Friday. We walked from Diplori to the Rouvas Alm and waited for our planned pick-up. There was still enough time to walk towards the abandoned route to find out what we had missed. During this …

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Rouvas Forest Plateau – Beautiful picnic spot with old trees loop from Community of Gergeri

Mitata Stone Huts of Psiloritis (Zaros and Rouvas)

View of Mount Psiloritis

Rouvas Forest Plateau

Beautiful picnic spot with old trees

Rouvas Refuge

Agios Ioannis Chapel

View of the Psiloritis Mountain Range

View of Crete's highest mountain

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