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The village of Alikambos is situated at an altitude of 350m and is 40km far from Chania city. An absolutely gorgeous hilltop village with fabulous views of the White Mountains.
Set in the foothills of the White Mountains, just off the main road to the south coast, this is a very quaint and traditional village which has a kafenio where the very friendly locals gather to chat. The Church of the Koimesis is a tiny Byzantine chapel with extraordinary frescoes dating from the 14th century.
Many conifers on the surrounding hillsides make this a very green village. Just on the outskirts of the village is the Dourakis Winery which produces 300,000 bottles of wine a year, and hosts dinners and lunches which include a tour of the winery and wine tasting. Very rural, yet only 7 minutes by car to the many amenities and the National Highway in Vrisses. 10 minutes to the sandy beaches at Georgioupolis, and 40 minutes to either Chania or Rethymnon.
Leaving behind Vrisses village and towards Georgioupolis and Rethymno, on our left side just before the junction for the highway we shall see the sign of archaeological interest.
The sign will lead us to the Greek “Kamara”, a bridge over the Vryssianos river, dating back to the Greco-Roman period (300 BC to 300 AD, roughly).
The bridge is one of the oldest in Crete and it was an important point on the north artery of Crete known later in the Venetian period as royal path (1645 - 1669 AD).
It is built with blocks and lime mortar is used as a binder. The blocks are exclusively from the area west of the bridge where a quarry was opened for this purpose. Even today we can see the old steps leading to it. Noteworthy is the fact that originally the arch was entirely built with boulders without connecting mud.
The highest point of the arch is 8,40m from the river bed and it has a maximum opening of 11,10m. Impressive is the thickness of 4,8m.!
Nowadays we can easily observe the bridge from all sides as the water of the river is so little and allow us to go down to the riverbed and observe from there. We can also cross the bridge and just feel a little of those old times when merchants with caravans and rigged armies used to pass daily from there!
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