Coasts, Ravines, Caves, Churches
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Coasts of the prefecture
The prefecture of Rethymno has many nice clean beaches.
Many of them have got the blue flag – which is the indication of a clean beach.
On the north coast of the Cretan Sea we’ll see the beach of Rethymno – Sfakaki – Episkopi – Petres – Geropotamos – Panormos – Bali.
The south coast is on the Libyan Sea.
Coast of Plakias – Damnoni – Ammoudi – Triopetra – Rodakino – Saint Paul (Agios Pavlos) – Agia Galini – Preveli’s Lake.
Get to know the unique natural environment
An incredible variety of fauna and flora. The inumerous ravines the far away monasteries on the peaks of the mountains is a challenge for the funs of the adventure that they offer an alternative suggestion for the ones they love sea and mountain.
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Ravines
Crete should be described as the land of the ravines. There are more than 250 small and big ravines, almost more than the rest of Greece has.
A few of them are:
Gorge of Kourtaliotis, Cotsifos, Patsos, Prassanos, Milos, Arkadiotikos, Zoniana, Samaria, Aradena, Imbros.
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Caves
The wild landscape of Crete has a variety of caves.
The 2000 caves of Crete is a total of history and natural beauty.
Some of the caves are:
Cave of Marathospilia, Gerani, Patsos, Melidoni, Sfendoni, Hainospilos, Ideon Antron e.t.c.
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Churches
The byzantine churches are around 300 and the monasteries are 30, some of the most characteristics are:
Paleochristian basilica of Panormos
Paleochristian basilica of Bizari
Paleochristian basilica of Goulediana
Paleochristian basilica of ancient Eleftherna
Monastery of Bali – Prevelis – Arsani – Saint Irene – Vosakou – Arkadi