Gortyna
Gortyna Municipality
Asites – Prinia – Panasos – Gergeri – Zaros (Route through Agios Nikolaos Gorge, Rouvas Forest) – Vorizia – Kamares
Starting from Ano Asites, a village in the heart of Heraklion's countryside, this route begins. West of the village, there is a river that initially passes through the gorge of Agios Charalambos and then transforms into the deep, impressive gorge of Agios Antonios. Next is the village of Prinia, which features a unique geosite consisting of large, ellipsoid, flattened rocks with a diameter of 20 meters and a surrounding indentation that locals say resemble giant pies ("pites of the old woman"). Then, we reach Panasos, home to the monumental olive tree estimated to be 3,000 years old.