Trekking & Mountain Biking in Kalypso Hotel Plakias Rethymno

With Kalypso as a Base

The plethora of beautiful beaches both at Kalypso Cretan Village Resort & Spa and around it has lead to great tourist development in the whole area. However, it is only these beaches which attract visitors. Above Plakias, the Kotsifou gorge, traversed by car, is very imposing with it’s narrow entrance from the north. Further east, the road again passes through the majestic Kourtaliotiko gorge. The river formed by the waters of the Kourtaliotis and known as Megalos Potamos, then flow through a little gorge amidst numerous Theophrastus’ palm trees; its mouth on the beach constitutes one of the most important natural beauty spots on Crete. In the lovely villages of the area, most of which have tourist facilities, there are a number of Byzantine churches. The most important religious monument in the region is the Monastery of Preveli, or Piso Moni as it is called, although a stop at the old monastery, a little before it, is compelling. The enjoyable mild climate, specially during may, June, September and October with wide range of colours from 950 kinds of flowers, herbs and other plants in nature, surrounded from the blue colour of sky and sea, make somebody to walk or cycle to cross this paradise through selected routes, and result is to revitalizing his self. Bellow we describe two selected routes far walking and two selected routes for bicycling . We inform you that we can offer more routes by our professional cooperator’s assistance in the region of Rethymnon (for more info www.rethymnon.gr).