Dafnoula Set between two raging streams, Kelado and Nalifo, choked with bulrushes, pine trees and sweet bays, the township of Dafnoulas (little sweet bay) took root just like its namesake and stayed put since the time of the Orlov uprising in 1770.
It was a region inhabited centuries before as Roman baths i...
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Ano Asites The Ano Asites is a small village at an altitude of 490 m on the eastern slopes of Psiloritis Mountain and it is just 24 km from Heraklion.
Very close, just 1 km away, lies the "other half" of the settlement, the Kato Asites.
The natural environment is diverse with high and steep mountai...
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The Ano Asites is a small village at an altitude of 490 m on the eastern slopes of Psiloritis Mountain and it is just 24 km from Heraklion.