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Sirikari (53 inhabitants) is located 52 km away from Hania city, Chania Prefecture, West Crete and 14 km from Kastelli or Kissamos at 500m a.s.l. Its is the seat of the municipality of the same name which consists of the villages : Katsikantiana (20) , Kioliana (32), Kontokrithiana (15), Kostogiannido (31), Megalo Horio (62), Miheliana (10), Stratigiana (20), Siniana (54), Tzortziana (4) and Tsihliana (13).
The nature of Kissamos is presented here in all its magnitude. Tree covered mountains and deep ravines, form a landscape of unique beauty. People who preserve their old customs, gentle, brave and hospitable. Sirikari is the birth place of Theodoros Baxevanis, a hero who was killed in 1867 fighting the Turks.The name Sirikari probably comes from the profession of the first settler, who has to be a silk weaver (Sirikaris).Trekking paths : To Polirinia, Vlatos and KambosSights : The Sirikari-Plorinia gorge, the chesnut tree forest, the cave of the Holy Mother (Panagias), the byzantine church of Agii Apostoli with frescoes of 14th century a monument of great importance and two old factories.
Sirikari, well known because of its sweet chestnut and walnut trees. Also a place, where “foxes and rabbits says goodnight to each other”. There you can have a walk underneath high trees and enjoy the nature.
The one and only kafenio in Sirikari offers coffee and beer also like some food. The walk goes from there through the gorge of Sirikari up to Polirinia.
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