The beauty of Inaxorio
Recently the famous Dutch photographer Arthur van der Laan visited Inaxorio and made some gorgeous pictures. Here are some of those. [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”20″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails” override_thumbnail_settings=”0″ thumbnail_width=”240″ thumbnail_height=”160″ thumbnail_crop=”1″ images_per_page=”20″ number_of_columns=”0″ ajax_pagination=”0″ show_all_in_lightbox=”0″ use_imagebrowser_effect=”0″ show_slideshow_link=”1″ slideshow_link_text=”[Show slideshow]” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included”…
Sit in the shade of a 1.700 year old tree
Come to Platania Taverna and have a traditional Cretan meal in the shade of a majestic platan.
Butterfly season is upon us
Panos just shot this beautiful picture of a local butterfly feeding of a flower.
The walking paths around Milia
Openstreetmap has a lot of walking paths in the mountains around Milia. Some of these are small walks (about 45 minutes) others are quite a lot further (up to 4 or 6 hours). Here you will find the paths and…
The Park of Peace
Between Milia and Vlatos you will find the Park of Peace. A gift by the residents of Vlatos in 1978.
Natura 2000, Inaxorio is protected nature
In 2004 the EU declared Inaxorio a protected nature reserve in Natura 2000. Elafonisi: http://www.ecovalue-crete.eu/en/sites/gr4340002 Elos: http://www.ecovalue-crete.eu/en/sites/gr4340004
Feeding with vultures (1)
Jorgos Makrakis regularly feeds the bearded vultures who are unique to Inaxorio and on the list of endangered species of WWF. Spectacular! For the event see here: https://www.inaxorio.com/?event=watch-the-feeding-of-the-bearded-vultures Bearded vultures were once found in almost all mountain ranges of southern Europe…