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Delve into Káto Rodhákinon
The district Káto Rodhákinon of Rodákino in Rethymno (Crete) is a district located in Greece about 195 mi south of Athens, the country's capital town.
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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
Sunrise Hotel & Apartments
Horizon Beach Hotel
Sofia Hotel
Anna Plakias Apartments
Manolis Apartments
Monachus Monachus Apartments
Costas & Chrysoula
Village Apartments
Stefanos Village
Videos from this area
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Crete | Plakias Village
Plakias is a fishing village on the south coast of Crete, which is rapidly developing into a holiday destination thanks to its good sandy beaches. It lies in a small sheltered bay, so the water...
MiMEtoLiTHs redux
This is my 16x9 trailer for MiMEtoLITHs, a 60 minute movie about rocks that look like living beings, on the island of Crete. It also touches on interstellar space travel, genetic manipulation,...
Sankt Pauli gegen Greuther Fuerth auf Kreta
St. Pauli kämpft im vorletzten Saisonspiel im Mai 2010 um den Aufstieg in die 1. Bundesliga. Da wir nicht live dabei sein konnten, haben wir das Spiel live auf Kreta (Plakias) in einer Strandbar...
for cold winter evenings. Crete. Greece. Water. Sun. Sea. Moon.
для холодных зимних вечеров. остров крит. греция. 2012.
Sellia Marina View
2 Bedroom Apartment with rooftop infinity pool. Nestling on a hill side with uninterrupted panoramic views across Selia Marina and out to sea, this 62 sq.meter apartment offers everything...
Driving from Sellia to Souda P1100987
Sellia, Crete - August 2009. Driving on the road from Sellia to Souda.
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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.
Kournas
Kournas is the name of a village and nearby lake on the island of Crete, Greece. It is in the Apokoronas region of Chania regional unit close to the border with Rethymno regional unit, 47 km from the town of Chania. Kournas is a fairly large village perched on a hill overlooking the lake. It is in the Georgioupoli municipality, not far from the town of the same name.
Atsipades
Atsipades (Greek: Ατσιπάδες, also Atsipades Korakias which refers specifically to the peak) is a modern village and an archaeological site of a Minoan peak sanctuary in western Crete. It is part of the community Koxare within the municipal unit Foinikas. Atsipades is about 20km south of the modern town of Rethymno. Korakias peak is a part of Mount Kouroupas, above the modern village of Atsipades.
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 .
Gonia
Gonia is a picturesque village in the Rethymno regional unit in Crete, Greece, lying at an altitude of ca 222 m amsl, about 10km southwest of the town of Rethymno. Gonia was the seat of the former municipality Nikiforos Fokas.
Kourtaliotiko Gorge
The Kourtaliotiko Gorge, also known as the Asomatos Gorge, is a gorge on the southern side of the western part of the island of Crete. It is situated where the Kourtaliotiko River flows southwards between the mountains of Kouroupa and Xiron. The village of Koxare is at the northern end of the gorge. A road runs north to south through the gorge joining Koxare to Asomatos; it then leads west, on to the town of Plakias on the southern coast of Crete.
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.
Imbros Gorge
Imbros Gorge (Greek: Φαράγγι Ίμπρου, Faragi Imbrou) is a 11 km long canyon located near Hora Sfakion in southern Crete, the Mediterranean island. It runs parallel to Samariá Gorge, its narrowest part has 1.60 m and it ends at the village of Kommitádes (8 km/ 650 m for hiking). The Imbros village (aka Nimbros) is located at an altitude of 780 meters and is at the South end of the fertile plain of Askyfou.
Lefkogeia
Lefkogeia is a village in the municipal unit of Foinikas, Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. The village has 289 inhabitants.
Preveli
Preveli is a location on the south coast of the Greek island of Crete, in the Rethymno regional unit, notable for its historic monastery.
Frangokastello
Frangokastello is the location of a castle and scattered settlement on the south coast of Crete, Greece, about 12 km. east of Chora Sfakion and within the prefecture of Chania. The castle was built by the Venetians in 1371-74 as a garrison to impose order on the rebellious Sfakia region, to deter pirates, and to protect Venetian nobles and their properties. The Venetians named it the Castle of St. Nikitas after the nearby church.
Historical and Folklore Museum of Rethymno
The Historical and Folklore Museum of Rethymno is a museum in Rethymno, Crete, Greece.
Municipal Gallery "L. Kanakakis"
The Municipal Gallery "L. Kanakakis" is a museum in Rethymno, Crete, Greece.
Frantzeskaki Collection
The Frantzeskaki Collection is a folk art collection by Eleni Frantzeskaki housed in a building opposite the Municipal Gallery "L. Kanakakis" in Rethymno, Crete, Greece.
Kallikratis
Kallikratis is a small village in Sfakia municipality, southwest Crete, Greece. According to tradition, it was named after the admiral Manoussos Kallikratis, who in March 1453 led a campaign to reinforce the defense of Constantinople with 5 ships and 1500 Cretan volunteers. As reported by Sphrantzes in his Chronicle, these volunteers manned three towers on the walls of Constantinople and continued to fight bravely even after the city had fallen.
Prines, Rethymno
Prines is a municipal section of the municipality Nikiforos Fokas (Νικηφόρος Φωκάς) within the Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. It lies 5 km W-SW of the town of Rethymno. It consists of the village of Prines, with 582 inhabitants and the Vederi settlement with 48 inhabitants. Together, the two settlements have been classified as "preservable traditional settlements" thus retaining their traditional style and character.
Katonisi
Katonisi (Greek: Κατονήσι, "lower island") is an uninhabited islet close to the southern coast of Crete in the Libyan Sea. It is administered from the municipality of Sfakia, in Chania regional unit.
Argoules, Chania
Argoules is a semi-mountainous hamlet in Sfakia municipality on the island of Crete, Greece. It is the easternmost settlement of the Chania regional unit, located at a distance of about 85 km from the city of Chania. The time of its establishment is unknown, however Argoules is mentioned in Venetian registers as early as the sixteenth century (1577), belonging to the Territorio di Rettimo.