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Places

Places to visit around Rethymno

The destinations behind the routes — how you reach each one, how much walking it takes, and what season does to it.

These pages describe the place itself rather than the excursion that visits it. Where an operational detail belongs to an operator — a fee, an opening hour — it is confirmed before it is published, not estimated.

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Preveli Beach

South coast, Rethymno region

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Spili

Rethymno region, inland

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Arkadi Monastery

Inland, south-east of Rethymno

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Margarites

Mylopotamos, east of Rethymno

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Melidoni Cave

Mylopotamos, east of Rethymno

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Kourtaliotiko Gorge

South of Rethymno, on the road to Preveli and Plakias

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Lake Kournas

Between Rethymno and Chania, inland from Georgioupoli

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