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Prefecture
Of Lasithi
- Area
(sq.km):
1.823
- Population
(2001):
75.903
- Population
Density(hab/sq.km):
42
- Capital
City:
Agios Nikolaos
- Number
of Hotels:
255
- Number
of hotel Rooms: 20.270
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State
Tourism Offices
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Name:
Crete Information Office
- Location:
Agios Nikolaos
- Address:
Marina Agiou Nikolaou, - 72100 Agios Nikolaos
- Telephone:
28410 82384-5, 28410 82386
- Fax:
28410 82386
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Tourism
Police Stations
- Name:
Tourism Police Station
- Location:
Agios
Nikolaos
- Address:
34, Kontoyianni Street, P.O. Box 721 00 Ag. Nikolaos
- Telephone:
28410 26900
- Name:
Tourism Police Station(Summer)
- Location:
Sitia
- Address:
24, Myssonos Street, P.O.Box 723 00 Sitia
- Telephone:
28430 24200
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Camping
Sites
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Gournia Moon, Gournia Lasithi
Crete, Tel: 28420 93242
- Koutsounari,
Koutsounari Lasithi Crete, Tel: 28420 61213
- Sissi,
Sissi Lasithi Crete, Tel: 28410 71247
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Domestic Port Authorities
- City:
Agios Nikolaos
- Category:
Navigation
Station
- Tel:
28410 22312
- VHF
Channels:
06,07,08, 12,19
- City:
Ierapetra
- Category:
Port Authority Station
- Tel:
28420 22294
- VHF
Channels:
12,19
- City:
Sitia
- Category:
Deputy
Port Authority
- Tel:
28430 22310
- VHF
Channels:
12, 19, 32
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Canyons
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Name:
The Xabga 's Canyon
- Location:
Tzermiado
- Description:
The Havgas Gorge stretches for 40 km at the eastern tip
of the plateau, commanding a spectacular view over the
entire area. The gorge reaches a depth of 300 m. Two slit
rocks form the entrance to an array of caves that were
extensively used by Cretan revolutionaries and the Allied
forces during the German Occupation. Access is possible
via Tzermiado.
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Caves
- Name:
Milato
- Location:
Milatos
- Description:
Milatos Cave lies in a steep gorge, NA of the village
that bears the same name. It has been bound up with the
historical events of 1823. Here 3.700 women and children
sought refuge after escaping the fierce troops of Hassan
Pasha. After a long siege and a forced surrender, they
were massacred by the Turks. Stalactites and stalagmites
abound in the cave. A chamber in its southern part harbors
a chapel wherein a mass is celebrated once a year, on
the feast day of Agios Thomas in commemoration of the
massacred Cretans.
- Name:
Tzermiado
- Location:
Tzermiado
- Description:
Trapeza or Kronion Cave features stalactites and stalagmites,
as well as remains dating to the Neolithic period.
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Forests
- Name:
Vai
- Location:
Lasithi
- Description:
The
area encompasses the palm-tree forest of Crete which has
already been designated as an "Aesthetic Forest".
The latter is the largest spread of Phoenix theophrasti
found on the island, since vegetation of this species
in other areas of Crete (approximately 10) occurs sparsely,
either in scattered clumps of trees or individually. The
Aesthetic Forest of Vai is situated at the eastern tip
of Crete adjacent to the seashore, a few kilometers north
of the Palaiokastro village. The forest is presently enclosed,
encompassing a small spring and a stream whose bed is
home to the common oleander (of the genus Nerium). At
the eastern end of the forest, towards the seashore, lie
sandhills which lend themselves to the growth of palm
trees.
Notes This site is of great significance for the entire
Europe, due to its singular character. Nowhere else on
the European continent do palms of the Phoenix theophrastii
species occur to such a degree of density so as to form
a forest. This particular palm is known as one of the
two non epigenetic species of the palm family in Europe
(the other one occurs in the Canary Islands). The Forest
of Vai ranks first among the large palm forests in Greece,
and probably in the entire Europe.
Area 19
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Diving
Centers
- Name:
Vitsentzakis Manolis
- Location:
Sitia
- Address:
Ahladia
- Telephone:
28430 71543, 28430 71548
- Diving
Area:
Kotsolio Bay
- Diving
Centre:
1
- Diving
School:
1
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Golf Courses
- Name:
Elounda
Golf Club
- Location:
Elounda
- Address:
Porto Elounda Mare Kriti
- Open:
12 months
- Year:
1997
- Holes:
9
- Club
House:
Yes
- Area:
25 hectares
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Mountaineering
Clubs
- Name:
Lassithi Alpine & Ski Club
- Location:
Agios Georgios
- Address:
720
52, Ag. Georgios Lasithi
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