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Volikas
The oldest refuge or mountain shelter in the White mountains (Lefka Ori) is on the Volika peak at an altitude of 1450 meters on the western region of Crete, Chania Prefecture, above the village of Kambi Keramion and was built in 1958.
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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...
Psichro Pigadi is a beautiful location in Chania Prefecture on the northern side of the White mountains at an altitude of 1100m. There is a taverna there, where always you can have delicious lunches in summer at this place! True local dishes and wines in a lovely scenery.
In clear sky there is possible a panoramic view from the Gramvoussa peninsula in the northwest to the east end of Akrotiri peninsula in the east!
Steep asphalt roadall the way. There is lots of signposts leading you uphill from Loulos or Kambi to Psichro Pigadi
The village of Drakona is located 22.5 km south of Hania city and 7 km east of Therisso Village at 510m a.s.l. with 251 inhabitants.It is part of the municipality of Keramia. From here starts an amazing course of 7 km (asphalt) through the forest to the village of Therisso.
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.
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.
At the location of "Atzines" at an altitude of 1500 m, in the foothills of the Lefka Ori Mountains, Chania Prefecture, close to the village of Melidoni in the district of Apokoronas, was discovered in 1990 - and fully explored by 1998 - the deepest cavern in Greece, the famous Gourgouthakas, 1208 meters (3965 feet) deep and 900 meters in length!
Initially discovered in the early nineties, Greek speleologists were the first to investigate the cave; a couple short years later a team of climbers triumphantly conquered it. The area around Gourgouthakas Cave is extremely beautiful and worth exploring on its own. Only those who are the most qualified and experienced climbers should consider this expedition.
Many experts often refer to West Crete as a "region of caverns". By the latest official account (1999), cavers recorded 1503 caves, only in the general region of Hania! Most of them, apart from their natural beauty, have a touch of historical flavor: In different times -some as early as the first inhabits of the island-they used to be religious and ceremony grounds. In more recent years, they were used as hideouts and partisan bases.
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
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