Azogires is a small mountain village, about 9 km northeast of Paleochora. It is renown for its overwhelming nature, the many olive trees, wild herbs, small waterfalls and impressive caves – and, of course, for the old monastery that now […]
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By our friend Tommy Kunert. Translation by Edit Engelmann. Location and arrival Paleochora is a place in the west of the southern coast of Crete. The best way to get there is to fly to Chania. From there you drive […]
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Once again, a loyal reader followed our call to tell “your” stories about Crete. This time it is Sigrun Steinwender, who knows the hub of Crete (as we all probably do) and she wants the following: “especially on this occasion […]
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„If you are lost, do not follow a goat, it will lead you to the abyss. Follow a donkey, it will lead you back to the village,” is a Cretan saying. The European long-distance path E4 leads all the way […]
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Good source: The book „Paleochora (a review)“, by Nikolaos Pyrovolakis. Since the Venetian period, the area of today’s Paleochora is called “Selino Kastelli ”- the reason is the Venetian castle overseeing the city. Priorly called “Orima” (= „lying in the […]
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