Hiking in Zakros, Vai & Sitia Geopark 2014
Sitia has an extensive hiking area on Crete with more than 160 caves. The Zakros gorge is a beautiful gorge, which you can walk the whole year around. It is an easy trail from the village of Zakros to Kato Zakros, a small seaside village. Zakros is a village in Eastern Crete, below the village is "the dead valley. This valley got this name, because the bones of men were buried here during Minoan times. At the end of the Zakros Gorge is the historical palace of Kato Zakros. In the sea lies a sunken harbour from the Minoan period. Kato Zakros has beautiful beaches and a few taverns, that are also open during the winter. The Zakros gorge (the death valley) is an easy gorge with lots of colourful rocks in wild unspoilt nature. You can walk in 8 kilometers to the village Kato Zakros.
Vai: The palm beach of Vai is located in Eastern Crete on the peninsula Sideros, close to the village Palekastro and Sitia. According to a legend, this unique palm forest was created by Aryan pirates, who threw fruit away on this spot. According to another legend, the first palm trees should be planted in the year 824 after Christ by Arabs. In reality, it is the last remainder of the natural palm forests in the coastal areas of Crete in the second millennium before Christ. In the summer it is very busy on Vai, but as you can see on our winter pictures, during the winter it is nice and quiet. ZORBAS.NL
