Plakiás
in Rethymno of Crete, Greece
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Chania International Airport (27 mi) - Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (46 mi)
- Sitia Airport (96 mi)
- Santorini Airport (103 mi)
- Milos Airport (104 mi)
- Kithira Airport (107 mi)
- Paros Airport (132 mi)
- Naxos Airport (141 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 35.192 and 24.393 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 35° 11' 30" and E 24° 23' 35"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- Modern Greek, English, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 04:46 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/Athens
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:05 am and 5:12 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -22.661 and -152.805 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Motu Ura - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Greece.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Greece. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Plakiás
Plakiás in Rethymno (Crete) with it's 143 inhabitants is located in Greece about 196 mi (or 316 km) south of Athens, the country's capital.
Local time in Plakiás is now 04:46 PM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / Athens with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 8 airports in the wider vicinity of Plakiás, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in Greece is Chania International Airport in a distance of 27 mi (or 44 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Rethymno, Agia Foteini, Chora Sfakion, Vryses and Kastri. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 20°C / 68 °F
| Morning Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
| Night Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 1% |
| Air Humidity | 72% |
| Air Pressure | 1017 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Strong breeze with 22 km/h (14 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 86% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Scattered clouds, strong breeze.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
13°C (56 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Sky is clear, fresh breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
13°C (55 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Broken clouds, fresh breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Kalypso Cretan Village Resort & Spa
Sofia Hotel
Anna Plakias Apartments
Manolis Apartments
Horizon Beach Hotel
Costas & Chrysoula
Village Apartments
Stefanos Village
Plakias Resorts
Sunrise Hotel & Apartments
Videos from this area
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Plakias
Plakias is a village on the south coast of the Greek island of Crete, in the Rethymno regional unit, about 30 kilometres south of the city of Rethymno. It is part of the municipal unit Foinikas. It is surrounded by mountains to the north and the Libyan Sea to the south. The name in Greek means "flat", because the town stands on an alluvial fan of material that has washed down the Kotsifou gorge directly to the north .
Kouroupa
Kouroupa is a mountain in western Crete. Its summit is 984 metres above sea level. To the east of the mountain lies Kourtaliotiko Gorge. The summit, its telecoms masts and chapel are accessed by an unsurfaced road up from Atsipades village on the northern side of the mountain. On the southern side of the mountain are the villages of Asomatos and Mirthios.
Kotsifos Gorge
The Kotsifos Gorge is a gorge on the southern side of the western part of the island of Crete. It is situated west of the mountain of Kouroupa, north of the town of Plakias, and on the road between Sellia and Angouseliana. It is noted for the high number of Cretan endemic plant species that grow there.
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Plakiá, Πλακιάς, Plakias, Плакиас
