Shelter at Toubotos Prinos - Nidas Plain

Length: 14 km
Estimated time: 6.3 hours
Suggested period: April - October
Difficulty: High altitude. Bare terrain without shade. Lack of available drinking water.

Archaeological sites

Idaion Andron (the site is cannot be visited).

Idaion Andron

At Nida tableland, at an altitude of 1538 m, in a distance of 24 klm away from Anogeia and 78 klm away from Rethymno, there is "Spiliara tis Voskopoulas" (The Cave of the Shepherdess), the cave where, according to mythology, the father of ancient Gods, Zeus, was born and/or grew up.

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