Crete

Walking to the peak of the Cape means balancing on sharp rocks.

The Lighthouse is quite small, seen from the end of the Cape.

The lighthouse is located at the Cape Drapanos, 26 km east of Chania and 2km north of the Kokkino Chorio (Red Village). It was constructed in 1864 by the French Company of lighthouses. The German bombing in 1941, during the invasion of Crete, destroyed the lighthouse of Drapanos, but it was later rebuilt in 1948 and is still standing in good condition at an altitude of 50 meters, on the edge of a vertical cliff.

A large three-vaulted Roman cistern in the ancient city of Aptera. The PiP is from another year with no water inside.

Aptera was an ancient city on Crete from about 14th to 13th century before the Common Era. In Greek mythology, Aptera was the site of the legendary contest between the Sirens and the Muses, when after the victory of the Muses, the Sirens lost the feathers of their wings from their shoulders, and having thus become white, cast themselves into the sea. The name of the city literally means "without wings", and the neighbouring islands Leucae means "white". More inormations: www.west-crete.com/aptera.htm

Aradena-gorge - Crete

The Aradena gorge is one of the less known, but spectacular gorges in southwestern Crete. At the abandoned village and bridge of Aradena it is 140 m deep.

Ruins in Aradena village, which has been abandoned since 1947 when a clash between two local families resulted in the deaths of most family members on both sides.

in the gorge of Aradena, looking up the bridge to the abandoned village Aradena.....