Katharo

Havgas Gorge: Crete’s Narrow Canyon Below the Katharo Plateau

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Havgas Gorge: Crete's Narrow Canyon Below the Katharo Plateau

Havgas Gorge is one of the wildest short canyons in eastern Crete, a dark slot cut into the eastern flank of the Dikti mountains in the Lasithi district. Water draining from the Katharo plateau above Kritsa has sliced a sheer channel barely a metre or two wide, broken by waterfalls, deep pools and jammed boulders. … Read more

Katharo: Crete’s High Pastoral Plateau Above Kritsa

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Katharo: Crete's High Pastoral Plateau Above Kritsa

The Katharo Plateau sits high in the Dikti mountains of eastern Crete, a remote plain of stone huts, vineyards and orchards far above the everyday coast. It lies in the Lasithi district, around eleven hundred metres above sea level, reached by a steep, winding road up from the village of Kritsa near Agios Nikolaos. Farmers … Read more