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Lasithi Plateau is a plateau with an average elevation of 820 m in Crete (Greece).
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cave of Psichro, Dikteon Andron
The place where Amalthea is said to have nurtured the infant Zeus with her goat's milk. The cave itself is in a lovely location with breath taking views at the top, but small and unexciting. It takes you 15 minutes climbing to get the entrance. However you can hire a donkey at €15. Don't forget to bring bottled drinking water with you.
A post-Minoic settlement
A 2141m high mountain with a Christian chapel at the top. The peak provides panoramic view of Crete, though obstructed by the false peaks in the surroundings. One of the easier routes is from , taking more than 4h - or a more steep from in 3 hours. Climbing is required enroute.
A peak on the other side of the valley, with reportedly better views.
2 studios and 9 stone-built apartments equipped with kitchenette and central heating.
4-star hotel. Overrated.
Rooms to let.
2-star hotel. Overpriced rooms and food.
A stone made house 240 m² for six persons.
Rooms to let near the Dikti cave.
The plateau is accessible through a two paved and some unpaved roads climbing in the slopes of Dikti mountain, so you get'n by car, bus, motocycle, bicycle.
Read in the guideThere's a paved ring-road that runs the circumference, and serves the 15 villages, the Mesa Lasithaki served by a junction from Mesa Lasithi, other junctions serving the Diktaio Andron, some facilities, and connecting…
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Heraklion · International · HER
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