Oct 30 2015
Like Sting, “I never made promises lightly,” but with apologies to readers of April’s “Explore”, this month’s article moves some distance from Paleochora to climb Psiloritis, at 2456m the highest mountain in Crete. Unlike Pachnes, only 3m lower, and centrally situated in the White Mountains massif, Psiloritis stands alone almost in the middle of the …
Sep 26 2015
A somewhat ambiguous title, as Sarakina itself is barely a village (its population just 25 in the 2011 Census), and Stavros, Kefali and Deliana are all considerably smaller. The 12 km drive north from Paleochora to Sarakina (by car or taxi, no bus service) is delightful ; the river alongside the road flows down the …
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