Chania - Caves

Kato Sarakina is a cave located about 2.5 kilometers north of Theriso at the foothills of the White Mountains (Lefka Ori) and at a distance of 16 kilometers from the town of Chania. Read more

Ellinospilios is a cave near the beach Afrata, on the cape Rodopos of Chania. Read more

Demonospilios is located near the entrance of the Samaria Gorge and according to legend is the lair of fairies. Read more

Arkoudospilios was in antiquity a place of worship of Apollo and Artemis. Read more

In Cave Tzani, in older times, lyricists gathered to play and get the blessing of the great musician. Read more

In the cave Sfakia – Asfendos in Sfakia, Chania, rock paintings have been discovered, dating from the Neolithic Age. Read more

The Elephant Cave is the only cave in Greece where bones of elephants have been found. Read more

Cave Gourgouthakas is the deepest cave in Greece and the second deepest in the Balkans. Read more

The Caves Zoures and Harakas are located near the village Azogires of Paleochora, in Chania. Read more

The Cave of St John the Hermit in Chania is so named because there according to tradition lived and died St John the hermit in the 6th century AD. Read more

In the Cave Krionerida, the residents of Vafes found martyric death by suffocation during the Ottoman occupation. Read more

The Cave of Agia Sophia is the second largest cave in Crete, where you will see impressive and numerous stalagmites and stalactites. Read more