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Vothonas Plateau
Prefecture: Chania
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Vothonas Plateau
Vothonas is a picturescue, hidden in the north White Mountains (Lefka Ori), plateau located 42km from Chania city, near to the village Tzitzifes and Vafes. It can be accessed from both villages by a passable dirt road.
In Tzitzifies you will see a large pink church before which starts a dirtroad going right. This is a chance to enjoy this route through the northern side of the White Mountains, one that does not stop in the middle of nowhere (for a change), but makes a half circle and takes you to Vafes. If it was pretty late when you left Hania, or if you took your time along the way and find that it will soon be dark, you can camp in the beautiful Vothonas plateau, at an excellent spot at the middle of the route. The Vothonas plateau is found at a height of six hundred metres and having everything you need: thick grass, shade-giving trees, and a cistern with drinkable water.
To get to Vafes, simply cross the plateau, ignoring the road you will see to your right (this seems to go up the mountain, but in fact stops after five hundred metres in front of a shepherd’s hut). From Vafes you continue on an asphalt-paved road, which will take you straight to village of Vrisses.
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The municipal department of Tzitzifes consists of two neighborhoods built on two parallel hills that descend from the mountains to the plain and are separated by a ravine. In the bottom of the ravine is a storied fountain with trees, under which the leaders of the Cretan Revolution met several times in 1866, 1878 and 1895-97.
The houses are built with stone on the successive levels of the two hills, creating a beautiful traditional settlement. The view to the villages of Apokoronas plain is impressive. The name of the village has been taken from the jujube tree, which grows in the region.
The historical path of the village is lost through the centuries. But one thing is certain. The area was inhabited since ancient times and retained the name for over a thousand years. In fact the first written reference comes from the liberator of Crete, Nicephorus Phocas (960 A.D), who records the name of the village as Zizifea
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