Dikti mountains

Selakano Forest: Crete’s Largest Pine Forest in the Dikti Mountains

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Selakano Forest: Crete's Largest Pine Forest in the Dikti Mountains

Selakano is a remote upland forest hidden high in the Dikti mountains of eastern Crete, in the Lasithi district south of the famous Lasithi plateau. It spreads above the villages of Males and Christos, inland from the coastal town of Ierapetra, across high slopes and valleys at around a thousand metres and more. Here grows … Read more

The Dikti Mountains: Crete’s Eastern Highland Range

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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