Lasithi Plateau Municipality
The intense geological activity that millions of years ago created in Crete the Lassithi plateau gave birth to a unique, rich and diverse ecosystem where the village of Psychro is located.
From here, as Greek mythology testifies, the creation of a new world began, since in this corner of the earth is the cave of the God of Gods, Father of Gods and people, Zeus, with the wonderful cave decoration and the many finds of worship of theogenesis.
In a stone-built guesthouse in Psychro, at Lasithi Plateau, a unique holiday experience awaits you.
Karfi is a particularly important Minoan settlement on the east side of the saddle of Ambelos (Seli).
Perhaps the most typical characteristic of the Lassithi Plateau is its windmills. In the past they numbered thousands, making up a magnificent landscape.
Vidiani Monastery was founded in the mid-19th century by monk Methodius.
Kroutstallenia Monastery, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was already in existence during the 2nd Byzantine era of Crete (961-1204).
The Dicte massif (or the Lassithi range) takes up a good part of East Crete.
Katharo plateau sits at 1100 m; to its southwest rear the high peaks of the Lassithi mountains. It is linked geomorphologically and hydraulically with the main and lower Lassithi plain through the Havga gorge which for most of the time runs as a torrent.
Plateau of Nisimos, the third in the attractive set of such plains around Lassithi, is set to the north of Tzermiado, and east of Karfi.
Limnakaro is a small but lovely plateau, at an altitude of 1150 m – best known in climbing circles. Here begin several of the climbing routes on the Lassithi mountains: the main and most frequneted ones lead to the tops of Afendi, Spathi and Lazaro.
Sustainable tourism is a development model governed by triple sustainability terms (environmental, social, economic) while giving a new perspective to the countryside, so that it can return to modernity.
