The Dikti Mountains: Crete’s Eastern Highland Range

The Dikti Mountains: Crete's Eastern Highland Range

The Dikti mountains form the great highland range of eastern Crete, a high limestone massif also called the Dikti massif or Lasithiotika Ori. The range spans the Lasithi and Heraklion regions and rises to the peak of Spathi at about two thousand one hundred and forty-eight metres. Dikti cradles the fertile, ring-shaped Lasithi Plateau, feeds … Read more