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Psychro village is one of the 18 villages of Lassithi Plateau, and located southwest of the plateau at the foot of Mountain Touba Moutsouna.

It is perhaps the best known village of the plateau since above it there is the famous cave Dikteon Andron where according to mythology, the Olympian god Zeus was born. The Psychro village altitude is 828 meters and dates back to the Venetian period, like the other villages of the plateau.

The village despite the few inhabitants which according to the census of 2011 amounted to 133 inhabitants, benefits of the presence of the active Cultural Association of village which organizes numerous of cultural events and ensures the preservation of local traditions and the cleanliness of the village.

Agios Charalambos is located about 52 km from the town of Agios Nikolaos, on the Lassithi Plateau. It is a small village with about 60 inhabitants, which took its name in 1960 from the church of the village.

In the area there is a section of an old Byzantine church dedicated to Saints Sergio and Bacchus.