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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
- 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
- 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
- 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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