• Winter vacations at western Crete

    If you going to visit western Crete on your winter vacation, and you seek for something more suitable for the season than more beaches, then you should visit Omalos plateau. The plateau of Omalos is the largest, highest and most famous plateau of western Crete with an altitude of around 1100m. It’s surrounded by the high crowns of the Lefka Ori (White Mountains) and has just 38 km distance from the town of Chania. At the southern end of the plateau there is the entrance of famous gorge of Samaria, the longest in Europe.