Images in this photo gallery are from the western Crete, which includes the provinces of Chania and Rethymno.
Western Crete is dominated by sweeping landscapes of unforgiving but beautiful scenery, jagged mountains peaks, spectacular ravines and gorges, remote villages, historical monasteries and deserted sandy beaches.
Highlights includes, Moni Preveli or the Monastery of Preveli, a late sixteenth century Monastery with its rustic monk's buildings surrounded by...
more »Images in this photo gallery are from the western Crete, which includes the provinces of Chania and Rethymno.
Western Crete is dominated by sweeping landscapes of unforgiving but beautiful scenery, jagged mountains peaks, spectacular ravines and gorges, remote villages, historical monasteries and deserted sandy beaches.
Highlights includes, Moni Preveli or the Monastery of Preveli, a late sixteenth century Monastery with its rustic monk's buildings surrounded by palm trees has a revered place in Greek history for its critical resistance against Turkish and German invaders.
The towering Gramvousa Mountains that provide a majestic backdrop to the long stretches of golden sandy beaches and scattered homes of the sparse town of Falasarna on the north west corner of Crete.
The Venetian fortress at Frangokastello on the south coast of Crete. Built by the Venetians in in 1371 to as a defence against pirates and rebellious Sfakiots, the sandy coloured fortress is well preserved and consists of a massive rectangular keep reinforced at the corners with square towers, battlemented all round.
The shallow vivid turquoise waters of the remote semi tropical beach of Elafonisi which is located in the south west corner of the island.
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