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Thimia is a traditional village close to Melidoni village, situated at the northern range from the White Mountains, by Chania Prefecture, West Crete at an altitude of 460m above sea level. It belongs to Keramies municipality and has 58 residents (2001).
The people in these villages continue to live with the traditions and customs of their forefathers, and technology, though beneficial, has not brought significant changes to their characteristic way of life. You will discover a whole new world, one that has nothing to do with the tourist world of the northern Cretan coast that’s just a few kilometres away...
Plativola is a hidden and small settlement by Chania Prefecture near Thimia village. It lies at an altitude of 420m above sea level.
Starting from Vrisses village you drive through beautiful and completely unknown areas and villages on the Lefka Ori mountains: Vrisses - Fres - Melidoni - Ramni - Madaro - Thimia - Plativola - Drakona - Therisso. It belongs to Keramies municipality.
Tsichlopigado is a small settlement on the north range of the White Mountains (Lefka Ori) in Chania Prefecture in a very interesting place, on the way from Kambi or Drakona to Psichro Pigadi location.
The distance from Thimia village is 6km and from Kambi 8km.
Madaro is mountain village, between Thimia and Melidoni village and belongs to Keramies Municipality, in the foothills of the North White Mountains, by Chania Prefecture, West Crete. The road which goes to Volika shelter passes through Madaro.
The oldest refuge in Lefka Ori is Volika at an altitude of 1450 meters above the sea level and was built in 1958. In 2006 it was fully renovated and can accommodate 30 people. The route from the village along the footpath takes about 3 hours, but the recently completed rural road from Madaro now reaches a point which is only 10 minutes away from the shelter
