Day Trip #2 (by car) While staying in Agioklima Traditional House, in Petrokefalo, it is worth visiting the area of Malevisi. You can rent a car and go to Pentamodi, which is the village next to Petrokefalo, less than a klm away, and then keep on driving to Krousonas (8…
Day Trip #1 (on foot) If you follow the path which starts underneath the garden of Agioklima Traditional House, you will find yourself in a beautiful small valley that leads to Pentamodi village. Walking down the valley, on your left, through the olive trees, in the middle of this path,…
Dakos or Koukouvagia A fantastic Cretan meze -as we call it in Greek. Meze means appetizer. Its main ingredient is paximadi, which is dried bread. The paximadia are lightly soaked in water and olive oil to soften, and then they are topped with grated fresh tomato and mizithra, the creamy…
Fried snails (Chochlioi buburisti) Snails are been consumed for thousands of years in Crete, especially in the villages near the mountains. In the Cretan dialect chochlios is snail. Snails, in this famous dish, are first boiled in salted water for 5 minutes and then in another pan fried with flour…
Ofto Antikristo (roasted meat around the fire) Ofto Antikristo is goat or lamb meat. It was prepared by shepherds centuries ago usually in mountain areas. You can find it almost anywhere in Crete nowadays. The traditional way to cook it: the animal is divided into four pieces, every piece is…
Gamopilafo (Risotto) Gamos means wedding in Greek and pilafi is risotto, so, you understand that this rice dish is offered at traditional Cretan weddings. But you can find it nowadays in many Cretan taverns. The rice symbolizes the deep roots of the marriage, the fertility of the couple and the…
Caves of Crete Visit the caves of Crete, an amazing experience of unique beauty. Half an hour by car from “Agioklima” traditional house are the first caves of Psiloritis mountain, in Sarho. Caves and Gulves of mountain Psiloritis Numerous caves of a great variety characterize Psiloritis mountain. There are endless…
The Nikos Kazantzakis Museum is in the central square of the historical village of Varvari, now known as Myrtia, close to Heraklion city, Crete. It is less than 50 minutes by car through the national road from Petrokefalo and the traditional Cretan house “Agioklima”. The Exhibition is housed on a…
The Minoan Palace of Phaistos in Crete The Minoan Palace of Phaistos, is located in the Messara Plain in south-central Crete, 55 kilometres south of Heraklion and it is one of the most important archaeological sites in Crete. The Minoan palace of Phaistos and the area surrounding it was a…
Gortys or Gortyn or Gortyna Gortys, also known as Gortyn or Gortyna, is one of the most important cities in Crete with a history of 6,000 years. It is also one of the most extensive archaeological sites in Greece. It lies in south central Crete in the fertile Mesara plain,…