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Achaea Prefecture

  • Patra
  • Kalavrita

Aegina

Aetoloakarnania Prefecture

  • Messolonghi
  • Nafpaktos
  • Agrinio
  • Vonitsa

Agathonisi

Agistri

Alonissos

Amorgos

Anafi

Andros

Antiparos

Arcadia Prefecture

  • Tripolis
  • Vytina
  • Dimitsana
  • Stemnitsa
  • Leonidio
  • Astros

Argolida Prefecture

  • Nafplio
  • Tolo
  • Porto Heli

Arta Prefecture

  • Arta
  • Melissourgoi

Astypalea

  • Chora (Astypalea)
  • Pera Gialos

Attiki Prefecture

  • Athens
  • Piraeus
  • Lavrio
  • Rafina

Chalki

Chania Prefecture

  • Chania
  • Paleohora
  • Hora Sfakion
  • Gavdos

Chios

  • Chios (Chora)
  • Pyrgi
  • Olympi
  • Mesta
  • Thymiana
  • Vessa

Donoussa

Drama Prefecture

  • Drama

Evia Prefecture

Evritania Prefecture

  • Karpenisi
  • Koryschades
  • Mikro Chorio
  • Megalo Chorio
  • Agrafa
  • Krikelo

Evros Prefecture

  • Alexandroupolis
  • Soufli
  • Didymoticho

Florina Prefecture

  • Florina
  • Nymfaio
  • Agios Germanos

Fokida Prefecture

  • Galaxidi
  • Polydroso
  • Eptalofos (Agoriani)

Folegandros

  • Chora - Kastro

Fourni

Fthiotida Prefecture

  • Amfiklia
  • Kamena Vourla
  • Lamia
  • Stylida
  • Pavliani
  • Ypati
  • Tithorea
  • Agios (St.) Konstantinos

Grevena Prefecture

  • Samarina
  • Grevena
  • Dotsiko

Halkidiki Prefecture

  • Poligiros
  • Kassandria
  • Nea Potidea
  • Arnea
  • Ouranoupoli
  • Ammouliani

Heraklion Prefecture

  • Heraklion
  • Archanes
  • Matala

Hydra

Ikaria

Ilia Prefecture

  • Pyrgos
  • Katakolo
  • Andritsena
  • Olympia

Imathia Prefecture

  • Naousa
  • Veroia
  • Kato Vermio

Ioannina Prefecture

  • Ioannina
  • Mikro & Megalo Papingo
  • Aristi
  • Dilofo
  • Metsovo
  • Syrrako
  • Tsepelovo

Ios

  • Chora
  • Magganari
  • Mylopotas

Irakleia

Ithaki (Ithaca)

  • Vathy
  • Kioni

Kalymnos

  • Pothia
  • Eborios
  • Telendos
  • Pserimos

Karditsa Prefecture

Karpathos

  • Karpathos (Pigadia)
  • Olympos
  • Arkasa
  • Menetes

Kasos

Kastelorizo

Kastoria Prefecture

  • Kastoria
  • Kleisoura

Kavala Prefecture

Kea (Tzia)

  • Vourkari
  • Ioulida (Ioulis)
  • Makronisos

Kefalonia

Kerkyra (Corfu)

  • Kerkyra (Corfu)
  • Benitses
  • Paleokastritsa
  • Agios Gordios
  • Afiona

Kilkis Prefecture

Kimolos

  • Chorio (Kimolos)
  • Psathi
  • Goupa

Korinthia Prefecture

  • Korinthos
  • Xylokastro
  • Trikala
  • Loutraki

Kos

  • Kos
  • Kardamaina
  • Kefalos

Koufonisi (Ano & Kato)

Kozani Prefecture

  • Kozani
  • Velventos
  • Siatista
  • Ptolemaida

Kythira - Antikythira

  • Chora
  • Kapsali
  • Avlemonas
  • Antikythera

Kythnos

  • Hora
  • Loutra (baths)
  • Merichas

Lakonia Prefecture

  • Sparti
  • Monemvasia
  • Gytheio
  • Areopoli
  • Gerolimenas
  • Elafonisos
  • Limeni

Larisa Prefecture

  • Larisa
  • Rapsani
  • Agia
  • Metaxochori Agias

Lasithi Prefecture

  • Agios Nikolaos
  • Ierapetra
  • Sitia
  • Elounda

Lefkada

  • Lefkada
  • Vasiliki
  • Nydri
  • Agios Nikitas

Leros

Lesvos

  • Plomari
  • Molyvos (Mithymna)
  • Mytilene
  • Skala Kallonis
  • Sigri

Limnos

  • Myrina
  • Moudros
  • Kontias

Lipsi

Magnesia Prefecture

  • Volos
  • Portaria
  • Makrinitsa
  • Tsagarada

Messinia Prefecture

  • Kalamata
  • Koroni
  • Pylos
  • Ano & Kato Kardamili

Milos

  • Adamadas (Diamond)
  • Pollonia
  • Plaka
  • Klima
  • Firopotamos

Mykonos

  • Hora (Mykonos)
  • Platis Gialos & Psarou
  • Agios Stefanos

Naxos

  • Agia Anna
  • Apiranthos (Aperanthos)
  • Chalkio
  • Chora (Naxos)
  • Filoti

Nisyros

  • Mandraki
  • Emporio
  • Nikia

Paros

  • Parikia
  • Naoussa
  • Lefkes
  • Prodromos
  • Marpissa
  • Piso Livadi (Back Meadow)

Patmos

  • Skala
  • Patmos (Chora)
  • Grikos

Paxi - Antipaxi

  • Gaios
  • Lakka
  • Longos

Pella Prefecture

  • Edessa
  • Agios Athanasios
  • Gianitsa
  • Aridea

Pieria Prefecture

  • Katerini
  • Elatochori
  • Platamonas
  • Leptokarya
  • Litochoro

Poros

Preveza Prefecture

  • Parga
  • Preveza

Psara

Rethymno Prefecture

  • Anogia
  • Rethymno
  • Agia Galini
  • Argyroupolis
  • Panormos

Rhodes

  • Rhodes
  • Archangelos
  • Lindos
  • Ialysos

Rodopi Prefecture

  • Komotini

Samos

  • Vathi or Samos
  • Karlovasi
  • Pythagorio
  • Manolates
  • Vourliotes

Samothrace

  • Kamariotissa
  • Chora (Samothrace)
  • Therma

Santorini

  • Fira
  • Imerovigli
  • Oia (Ia)
  • Pyrgos
  • Emporio or Niborios
  • Thirasia

Schinoussa

Serifos

  • Chora
  • Livadi
  • Megalo Livadi

Serres Prefecture

Sifnos

  • Apollonia
  • Artemonas
  • Kastro

Sikinos

  • Alopronia
  • Kastro (Castle) & Chorio

Skiathos

Skopelos

Skyros

  • Chora (Skyros)
  • Magazia
  • Atsitsa

Spetses

Symi

Syros

  • Ermoupoli
  • Ano Syros

Thassos

  • Thassos (Limenas)
  • Theologos
  • Skala Potamias

Thesprotia Prefecture

  • Igoumenitsa
  • Sivota
  • Plataria

Thessaloniki Prefecture

Tilos

Tinos

  • Tinos - Chora
  • Pyrgos
  • Panormos
  • Volax (Volakas)
  • Ormos Isternion
  • Falatados
  • Dio Horia

Trikala Prefecture

  • Trikala
  • Elati & Pertouli
  • Kalabaka
  • Kastraki

Viotia Prefecture

  • Arachova
  • Livadia
  • Antikyra

Xanthi Prefecture

  • Xanthi
  • Porto Lagos

Zakynthos

Achaea Prefecture

  • Patra
  • Kalavrita

Aegina

Aetoloakarnania Prefecture

  • Messolonghi
  • Nafpaktos
  • Agrinio
  • Vonitsa

Agathonisi

Agistri

Alonissos

Amorgos

Anafi

Andros

Antiparos

Arcadia Prefecture

  • Tripolis
  • Vytina
  • Dimitsana
  • Stemnitsa
  • Leonidio
  • Astros

Argolida Prefecture

  • Nafplio
  • Tolo
  • Porto Heli

Arta Prefecture

  • Arta
  • Melissourgoi

Astypalea

  • Chora (Astypalea)
  • Pera Gialos

Attiki Prefecture

  • Athens
  • Piraeus
  • Lavrio
  • Rafina

Chalki

Chania Prefecture

  • Chania
  • Paleohora
  • Hora Sfakion
  • Gavdos

Chios

  • Chios (Chora)
  • Pyrgi
  • Olympi
  • Mesta
  • Thymiana
  • Vessa

Donoussa

Drama Prefecture

  • Drama

Evia Prefecture

Evritania Prefecture

  • Karpenisi
  • Koryschades
  • Mikro Chorio
  • Megalo Chorio
  • Agrafa
  • Krikelo

Evros Prefecture

  • Alexandroupolis
  • Soufli
  • Didymoticho

Florina Prefecture

  • Florina
  • Nymfaio
  • Agios Germanos

Fokida Prefecture

  • Galaxidi
  • Polydroso
  • Eptalofos (Agoriani)

Folegandros

  • Chora - Kastro

Fourni

Fthiotida Prefecture

  • Amfiklia
  • Kamena Vourla
  • Lamia
  • Stylida
  • Pavliani
  • Ypati
  • Tithorea
  • Agios (St.) Konstantinos

Grevena Prefecture

  • Samarina
  • Grevena
  • Dotsiko

Halkidiki Prefecture

  • Poligiros
  • Kassandria
  • Nea Potidea
  • Arnea
  • Ouranoupoli
  • Ammouliani

Heraklion Prefecture

  • Heraklion
  • Archanes
  • Matala

Hydra

Ikaria

Ilia Prefecture

  • Pyrgos
  • Katakolo
  • Andritsena
  • Olympia

Imathia Prefecture

  • Naousa
  • Veroia
  • Kato Vermio

Ioannina Prefecture

  • Ioannina
  • Mikro & Megalo Papingo
  • Aristi
  • Dilofo
  • Metsovo
  • Syrrako
  • Tsepelovo

Ios

  • Chora
  • Magganari
  • Mylopotas

Irakleia

Ithaki (Ithaca)

  • Vathy
  • Kioni

Kalymnos

  • Pothia
  • Eborios
  • Telendos
  • Pserimos

Karditsa Prefecture

Karpathos

  • Karpathos (Pigadia)
  • Olympos
  • Arkasa
  • Menetes

Kasos

Kastelorizo

Kastoria Prefecture

  • Kastoria
  • Kleisoura

Kavala Prefecture

Kea (Tzia)

  • Vourkari
  • Ioulida (Ioulis)
  • Makronisos

Kefalonia

Kerkyra (Corfu)

  • Kerkyra (Corfu)
  • Benitses
  • Paleokastritsa
  • Agios Gordios
  • Afiona

Kilkis Prefecture

Kimolos

  • Chorio (Kimolos)
  • Psathi
  • Goupa

Korinthia Prefecture

  • Korinthos
  • Xylokastro
  • Trikala
  • Loutraki

Kos

  • Kos
  • Kardamaina
  • Kefalos

Koufonisi (Ano & Kato)

Kozani Prefecture

  • Kozani
  • Velventos
  • Siatista
  • Ptolemaida

Kythira - Antikythira

  • Chora
  • Kapsali
  • Avlemonas
  • Antikythera

Kythnos

  • Hora
  • Loutra (baths)
  • Merichas

Lakonia Prefecture

  • Sparti
  • Monemvasia
  • Gytheio
  • Areopoli
  • Gerolimenas
  • Elafonisos
  • Limeni

Larisa Prefecture

  • Larisa
  • Rapsani
  • Agia
  • Metaxochori Agias

Lasithi Prefecture

  • Agios Nikolaos
  • Ierapetra
  • Sitia
  • Elounda

Lefkada

  • Lefkada
  • Vasiliki
  • Nydri
  • Agios Nikitas

Leros

Lesvos

  • Plomari
  • Molyvos (Mithymna)
  • Mytilene
  • Skala Kallonis
  • Sigri

Limnos

  • Myrina
  • Moudros
  • Kontias

Lipsi

Magnesia Prefecture

  • Volos
  • Portaria
  • Makrinitsa
  • Tsagarada

Messinia Prefecture

  • Kalamata
  • Koroni
  • Pylos
  • Ano & Kato Kardamili

Milos

  • Adamadas (Diamond)
  • Pollonia
  • Plaka
  • Klima
  • Firopotamos

Mykonos

  • Hora (Mykonos)
  • Platis Gialos & Psarou
  • Agios Stefanos

Naxos

  • Agia Anna
  • Apiranthos (Aperanthos)
  • Chalkio
  • Chora (Naxos)
  • Filoti

Nisyros

  • Mandraki
  • Emporio
  • Nikia

Paros

  • Parikia
  • Naoussa
  • Lefkes
  • Prodromos
  • Marpissa
  • Piso Livadi (Back Meadow)

Patmos

  • Skala
  • Patmos (Chora)
  • Grikos

Paxi - Antipaxi

  • Gaios
  • Lakka
  • Longos

Pella Prefecture

  • Edessa
  • Agios Athanasios
  • Gianitsa
  • Aridea

Pieria Prefecture

  • Katerini
  • Elatochori
  • Platamonas
  • Leptokarya
  • Litochoro

Poros

Preveza Prefecture

  • Parga
  • Preveza

Psara

Rethymno Prefecture

  • Anogia
  • Rethymno
  • Agia Galini
  • Argyroupolis
  • Panormos

Rhodes

  • Rhodes
  • Archangelos
  • Lindos
  • Ialysos

Rodopi Prefecture

  • Komotini

Samos

  • Vathi or Samos
  • Karlovasi
  • Pythagorio
  • Manolates
  • Vourliotes

Samothrace

  • Kamariotissa
  • Chora (Samothrace)
  • Therma

Santorini

  • Fira
  • Imerovigli
  • Oia (Ia)
  • Pyrgos
  • Emporio or Niborios
  • Thirasia

Schinoussa

Serifos

  • Chora
  • Livadi
  • Megalo Livadi

Serres Prefecture

Sifnos

  • Apollonia
  • Artemonas
  • Kastro

Sikinos

  • Alopronia
  • Kastro (Castle) & Chorio

Skiathos

Skopelos

Skyros

  • Chora (Skyros)
  • Magazia
  • Atsitsa

Spetses

Symi

Syros

  • Ermoupoli
  • Ano Syros

Thassos

  • Thassos (Limenas)
  • Theologos
  • Skala Potamias

Thesprotia Prefecture

  • Igoumenitsa
  • Sivota
  • Plataria

Thessaloniki Prefecture

Tilos

Tinos

  • Tinos - Chora
  • Pyrgos
  • Panormos
  • Volax (Volakas)
  • Ormos Isternion
  • Falatados
  • Dio Horia

Trikala Prefecture

  • Trikala
  • Elati & Pertouli
  • Kalabaka
  • Kastraki

Viotia Prefecture

  • Arachova
  • Livadia
  • Antikyra

Xanthi Prefecture

  • Xanthi
  • Porto Lagos

Zakynthos

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Rethymno Prefecture

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Mount Idi or Psiloritis

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Idi Range, the well-known Psiloritis, is the natural border between Rethymno and Heraklion as well as the highest mountain on the island. The caves nesting in this massif have many stories to recount from the various periods of the Cretan history, starting with the impressive Ideon Andron in the plateau of Nida narrating the upbringing of Zeus. According to mythology, Rhea hid there the newborn god to save him from his father Kronos, who swallowed his children to maintain his throne. This wild massif, which, as mentioned in ancient texts, was once covered with trees, while currently it has just a few forests of Kermes oaks such as Rouvas Forest, the forest of Vorizion Gorge, while on the lower slopes there are maples, oak trees, arbutuses and lentisks. From its lonely peak, Timios Stavros, at approximately 2456m in altitude, the magnificent view, as mentioned by the mantinada "high on Mount Psiloritis, one day I will climb, where the eagles live, Crete to overlook', includes all the main island, the island of Gavdos, Santorini and further away. The ascent to this bare landscape is not easy due to the high altitude, however there are 4 routes leading there; the easiest one is from Nida Plateau. The marked path E4 will lead you to the top and the stone-built domed chapel of Timios Stavros, where on its feast day (14th September) believers from all over Crete gather for pilgrimage. Despite the difficult conditions of the mountain, numerous shacks (mitata), stone-built shepherds ' huts, and small and big villages are scattered on its slopes. The most known village is Anogia, where renowned Cretan musicians come from, who have sung the proud Psiloritis numerous times: "At Psiloritis's peak, the snow doesn't end, until the old to melt, it starts to snow again." "Zeus was a shepherd on the Anogian Mount, but his house was in Perachori."

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