Paleochora Christmas Puzzle 2021

A puzzle in two parts for you this year; the first for fun, and to test your knowledge of the villages in the Selino area, close to Paleochora, and the second part to enter the competition.

Here’s what you need to do.  Firstly, unravel twenty anagrams to give you the names of villages within easy reach of Paleochora, all of which can be found on the Anavasi Hiking Map (Crete 11.13) Samaria – Sougia – Paleochora.  If you find all the villages, or most of them, well done, and maybe you’ve passed through many of them during the walks described in the Explore! series.

1       D  I  R  N  A  I

2     O  D  O  P  R  I  R  M   (4^th)

3     E  S  G  O  Z  I  A  R   (8^th)

4     A  T  I  R  S  T

5     A  S  K  O  L  M  A   (4^th)

6     E  M  A  P  E  A  N  I  L  N   (7^th)

7     A  T  A  L  A  I  S  N

8     I  K  O  D  K  A  I  K    (3^rd)

9     H  O  P  N  I  R  A  E  C  O   (6^th)

10    N  O  O  I  R  V  D  A 

11    H  A  I  C  M  A   (4^th)

12    D  K  S  R  O  A

13    A  A  K  S  I  R  A  N    (4^th)

14    U  O  S  V  T  A

15    H  I  S  V  A  L  I  T   (2^nd)

16    A  I  K  S  N  A  P  S  O

17    N  E  E  I  A  T  M    (4^th)

18    R  A  F  I  L  O

19    O  S  K  A  M  U  T  S  O    (6^th)

20    V  P  L  A  O  K  L  S  O  A  U    

You can see a printable copy of this here

Now, to enter the competition:  from your answers, take the letter numbered, as indicated, from eleven villages.  For example, if the anagram was:  E  F  I  S  D  E  A  L  N  S  (6^th) the answer is  A S F E N D I L E S, and you would take the 6^th letter –  D ….. and so on.

When you have eleven letters, rearrange them to find the name of a small village less than 12km from Paleochora. 

The winner will get an exclusive winner’s mug* and a €10 voucher to spend at The Delphini Bookshop in Paleochora when you are next in town.

When you have found the answer enter the competition by filling in this form          

Closing date:  Friday 31^st December  at 1 minute to midnight (Paleochora time)

The village photographs may evoke nostalgic memories of holidays in Paleochora, and persuade you to visit here again as soon as possible ….

Kalo Xristouyenna …………  and Happy Exploring in 2022