Elounda 2 Neapoli

Elounda 2 Neapoli is a very interesting route. You can discover the wild Cretan landscape and at the same time reach one of the most famous Cretan cities of Neapoli.

The route is very easy to follow. You will need about 25 minutes’ drive.

During summer time is a route well known from the visitors of the island. You can visit some very interesting Greek traditional villages like Fourni.

Winter time

Plaka is a very small village near Elounda. It is famous for its 5 star Hotels and the fact that you can enjoy your fresh fish while seeing the famous island of Spinaloga. It attracts a lot of visitors during summertime. You will need less than 10 minutes to get there from Elounda.

Be prepared to enjoy the crystal clean blue waters and the fresh fish of course.But how is Plaka during winter time?

Elounda luxury

Elounda is located in east Crete, north of Agios Nikolaos and south of the seaside resort of Plaka. Elounda was once a picturesque fishing village in the lovely Mirabello Bay. The inhabitants lived from farming, fishing, salt extraction from the Venetian saltpans, and emery mining.

Once discovered by tourism, Elounda developed into a resort famous for its beautiful scenery and the luxury hotels which are still being built in the area. It is said to be the place with the most five-star hotels in Greece.

Riding to Agia Marina Monastery

The monastery of Agia Marina is located 500m south of the village of Voni in Heraklion. The monastery was founded in 1895 by John Kaparounakis at the side where it is said that he drank water from a spring and that helped him miraculously recover from a serious disease.

There was already a small chapel at the point, but was owned by a Turk, Hosref Pasha, who did not want to allow the construction of the monastery.

Discover Lassithi Plateau

The Lasithi Plateau stretches 11 km (6.8 mi) in the E-W direction and 6 km (3.7 mi) in the N-S direction. It is approximately 70 km (43 mi) east from Heraklion and lies at an average altitude of 840 m (2,760 ft).

Winters can be harsh and snow on the plain and surrounding mountains can persist until mid-spring. The plateau is famous for its white-sailed windmills, (more accurately, wind-pumps), made to a local design, that have been used for two centuries to irrigate the land. Despite there being around 10,000 in the past, most of them have been abandoned in recent times in favour of modern diesel and electric pumps.