Kandanos stands as the main town of the Selino district in south-west Crete, a mountain village surrounded by olive groves and frescoed Byzantine churches along the road from Chania to Paleochora. The village carries a powerful history: German forces destroyed it completely during the Battle of Crete in reprisal for fierce local resistance, leaving a … Read more
Azogires is a tiny green mountain village tucked into the hills of the Selino district in south-west Crete, just inland from the coastal town of Paleochora. Plane trees, springs and running streams shade the village, creating a rare pocket of lush greenery on the otherwise dry south coast. The village is best known for the … Read more
Anydri spreads across a green hillside in the Selino district of south-west Crete, a short distance east of Paleochora on the Libyan Sea coast. Stone houses nestle among olive and citrus groves, and the frescoed church of Saint George anchors village life with its fourteenth-century walls. The Anydri gorge cuts down from the village to … Read more
The Agia Irini Gorge cuts a green, shaded path through the mountains of south-west Crete, offering walkers a genuine canyon experience without the summer crowds. This seven-kilometre trail descends from the highland village of Agia Irini to the coast near Sougia, winding between high rock walls beneath pine and plane trees. Springs bubble along the … Read more