Backpacking Europe Pt 7: Heraklion, Greece
One of our favorite spots by far. Crete is a beautiful island with delicious food and a rich culture, not to mention impossibly blue waves.
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A Walk Around the Traditional Cretan Village of Limnes, Lasithi, Crete 1 of 2
A walk around the traditional Cretan Village of Limnes on Crete. It is approximately 10km from the town and resort of Agios Nikolaos and just off the New National Road, the E75. Unfortunately, I was interrupted a short way into recording this walk, so the video is in two parts, as for some reason, I could not get them to join properly in the editor!
CRETE: STROLLING AROUND and SHOPPING, the OLD TOWN of RETHYMNO (GREECE) ????️
SUBSCRIBE: - Let's visit the beautiful Greek island of Crete and let's go for a walk around the main place for shopping in the Old Town of the delightful city of Rethymno. This Medieval settlement is great for strolling around and shopping, as its paved paths are lined up with all kind of shops: from stores with clothes and shoes to jewelries, souvenir shops and art galleries. Shops in Rethymno Town stay open until late at night and create a charming atmosphere in the evenings.
Crete, Greece's largest island, is known for its varied terrain, which ranges from fine-sand beaches at Elafonisi to the White Mountains. Mt. Ida, the tallest of the range, is home to the Ideon Cave, which was the birthplace of Zeus, according to Greek mythology. The capital, Heraklion, is home to the renowned Heraklion Archaeological Museum, housing Minoan artifacts, and Knossos, a Bronze Age settlement.
Greece is a country in southeastern Europe with thousands of islands throughout the Aegean and Ionian seas. Influential in ancient times, it's often called the cradle of Western civilization. Athens, its capital, retains landmarks including the 5th-century B.C. Acropolis citadel with the Parthenon temple. Greece is also known for its beaches, from the black sands of Santorini to the party resorts of Mykonos.
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Paintball Field War Heraklion Crete
Here is one round of paintball in Greece.By the way i am the guy at 00:51 and at 4:25 i got out cuz i shot a guy like 1 meter front of me in the dick and it was a faoul
Road from Chania to Elafonisi - Crete, Greece
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Hiking in Trafoulas Beach South of Heraklion Crete
Hiking in Trafoulas Beach South of Heraklion Crete
The Tour of Crete Cyclosportive 2018
Running from Sunday May 20th to Saturday May 26th 2018, the Tour of Crete will be concluded in 7 individual stages in consecutive days, covering a total distance of approximately 690 kilometres (429 miles) and total vertical gain of 12,950 metres (42,476 feet).
Starting and nishing point of the sportive is the city of Heraklion, the largest urban center in the grand island of Crete. Riders will visit numerous of Crete’s lively cities, charming towns and picturesque villages, ride along the coastlineand climb and descent through the stunning Cretan mountains.
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Imperium Infernalis Live Heraklion Crete
Kroustas Minoan Park and Hiking Paths Documentary
A short documentary (Feb. 2014) about the ongoing development of a landscape park in the area of the mountain forest west of Kroustas (Agios Nikolaos), eastern Crete, with its only recently discovered 4000-year old massive Minoan (Middle Bronze Age) ruins of farm houses, enclosure walls and cisterns. See also
Visiting Knosis Palace in Crete | Knosis Greece
The legend of the minotaur in the labyrinth came from a place called Knosis which was the palace of King Minos. I take a local city bus out to this site and wander about the ruins to learn more about the myth and story of the minotaur and labyrinth.
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AMMOUDARA CRETE (FLYING IN AMMOUDARA HERAKLION)
Ammoudara is located 6 kilometers west of heraklion at the north coast of the island Crete. it s a small town with five kilometers long sandy beach and is a very popular touristic destination.
In Ammoudara you can find from 5 stars luxury hotels till low budget rent rooms offering just the basics so it s recomended for all kind of tourists.
Ammoudara is about in the middle of the island so it s good place for spend holidays for those who want to drive around the island becouse the island is long and the distance from one side to the other is about 300 kilometers
in Ammoudara you can find all kind of shops also medical center and pharmacy stores,Heraklion city is very well connected with Ammoudara with bus every 20 minutes driving from ammoudara through the city till the airport in high season,and every one hour in winter time,also in high season there is a direkt bus to knossos,a very good idea to see the city and the area around are the open buses,with a ticket you can use them for 2 days for unlimited routes.
Αναρρίχηση στο Αγιοφάραγγο - Climbing in Agiofarango, Crete, Greece
Η τελευταία σχοινιά της multypitch διαδρομής le syndrome de Calimero στο Αγιοφάραγγο.
MTB trails Heraklion Crete
Mountain bike in central Crete
ledies of the night in crete
Heraklion to Matala - Bikepacking Crete
I took a ride from Heraklion to Matala ono Crete. Continuing a series of videos exploring my new backyard in Greece.
This Is (My) Crete / Greece
“Megalónisos”, the “Great Island”, is the Greek moniker for Crete and indeed it is almost a country unto itself.
Crete is ... Unique like you!
Crete is blessed by nature, fertile and wild. Everything grows here, with vegetables, rare greens, herbs, spices and olives as far as the eye can see.
Did You Know?
1.) The history of Crete is more ancient than the history of the European continent.
2.) Hippocrates prescribed the air of Crete for the healing of many illnesses; this has carried on throughout today.
3.) Crete had no aboriginal human population ,as the island was discovered around 10,000 BC
4.) Crete has over 2000 plant species, of which 157 are endemic, giving right to the biologist claiming that driest habitats present a great number of species.
5.) There is no such thing as a Cretan race, due to its high occupation by invaders over the years, and its cosmopolitan character. This just to prove that distinctive culture and identity of a land do not depend on its people having a specific origin.
6.) Crete was only united with the rest of Greece in 1913.
7.) A Belgian hiker Ivan Van Driesche who fell in love with the beauty of Crete, walked around Crete in exactly 50 days for a fund raiser to save stray animals in the island.
8.) According to the Legends and Greek Myths, the mighty God Zeus was born in Crete, hidden in a cave (dikteon andron) by his mother Rhea, so his father Cronus could not find him and kill him.
9.) Crete is the only region of Greece where there still occur a large number of vernacular buildings of the 16th, 17th, 18th Centuries.
10.) Knossos is the second most visited Archaeological site in Greece after the Acropolis with over 1 million visitors per year.
11.) Crete was described by Homer in Odyssey, as an island abundant with people where in ninety different cities different languages are spoken.
12.) Anzel Key’s renowned study of seven countries, published in 1980 revealed that the health level of the Cretan was the highest in the world.
13.) Crete is located on the cross-road between, the paths of the light Europe, Africa and Asia, practically at the identical distance from these three continents.
14.) The mass tourism in Crete arrived in the mid 60s after Walt Disney’s movie Moon-Spinners was filmed in Elounda.
15.) The highest mountain of Crete is Psiloritis reaching up to 2456 meters
16.) One of the finest cannabis sold in Amsterdam is of Cretan origin.
17.) The Cretan Ibex Capra (Creticus aegagrus) is actually a subspecies of the Wild goat (Capra aegagrus) the Ancestor of the domestic goat, introduced by the Minoans.
18.) Crete is struck by two climates, which explains why the East and West part of Crete are so different.
19.) The high mountains of Crete are one of the last strongholds in Europe of the Bearded Vulture together with other great birds.
20.) The Minoans apart from being the first Europeans, where also the first to create a sewage system, approximately 4000 years ago.
21.) Crete has more than 3000 caves in Crete.
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Heraklion, Crete Island: Approach along the beaches and landing on runway 27. HER/LGIR. Cockpit view
Approach along the beautiful Crete shoreline and landing on runway 27 at Heraklion Nikos Kazantzakis international airport (HER/ LGIR), Crete Island, Greece. With ATC (air traffic control) audio. Cockpit view Airbus A320. Filmed in 4k.
Due to the usual wind situation at Heraklion airport, runway 27 is the runway which is most of the time in use. The runway elevation is 81 feet and the runway shows up as situated on a steep rising rock in the water. This makes the landing a little challenging because shortly before you overfly the runway threshold, you are over water and your radio altitude is 200 feet, just moments later you are over the runway and your radio altimeter shows about 100 feet less. From the pilots perspective, it looks like landing on an aircraft carrier. This is also the reason because a harder than normal landing may happen at Heraklion more often than at the most other airports.
There is no precision approach, like an ILS (instrument landing system), available. Standard approach is the RNAV approach 27, which is based on GPS signals. If the weather permits, you also may be cleared for a visual approach. If the plane does not have a GPS on board available, it may fly a VOR approach, which is based on a VOR (VHF omnidirectional range) navaid located at the airport. .
After finishing the instrument part of the approach, a PAPI (precision approach path indicator) helps the pilots to stay on the right descent path. The PAPI at runway 27 guides the pilots on a 3.0 degrees glidepath to the runway, but the glide angle of the RNAV approach is 3.4 degrees. If a pilots wants to follow the PAPI after reaching the minimum descent altitude of 830 feet, he or she has first to increase the descent rate until seeing 2 red and 2 white lights on the PAPI indicator and then the descent rate needs to be reduced to follow the 3 degrees glide in accordance to the PAPI. The PAPI indicator is located on the left side of the runway.
Winds form southerly directions with more than 20 knots make the approach even more difficult: Due to the rising terrain south of the aerodrome, the wind may be very gusty and cause severe turbulence in this case.
The runway is 2714 meters long and 45 meters wide. This can accomodate almost every modern passanger plane.
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