Walks in Rethymnon and Georgioupolis, Crete (book and map)

The book covers twelve walks in the area south of and inland from the Cretan city of Rethymnon. In addition there are three walks in the Georgioupolis area.

The smallest of Crete's three main north coast towns, Rethymnon retains more varied remnants of its Venetian and Turkish past than do either Hania or Heraklion, although arrival through the dreary modern suburbs may not give this initial impression. The Loggia (Meeting House), Porta Guora (Great Gate), Rimondi Fountain, old harbour, and Fortetza (Fortress) are the best relics of the Venetian occupation (1211-1646), while the Ottoman Turkish period (1646-1897) is represented by mansions, enclosed wooden balconies, mosques and minarets, and the old harbour lighthouse.

Modern tourism has led to development stretching 16km east along the coast, linking what were once fields, orchards, and a few scattered houses into a now almost continuous line of tourist accommodations filling the strip between the sea and the north coast motorway (the National Road or Ethniki). Beaches that were once home to nesting turtles are now covered with serried ranks of sunbeds and umbrellas. The suburbs, eastwards, are Perivolia, Misiria, Platanias, Adelianos Kambos, Sfakaki, Stavromenos and Skaleta.

Walk routes include: one around the highlights of the heart of the historic old town, eleven amongst the villages and hills to the southwest, south and southeast, including the villages of Agia Irini, Armeni, Kapediana, Khromonastiri, Maroulas, Prasies, Rousospiti, and Xiro Horio, plus Mt Vrysinas. In addition there are three walks in the Georgioupolis area, including Alikambos, Exopolis, Kournas, Likotinara, Mathes and Vryses.

The book provides easy, medium and long walks, mostly straightforward, but with a more challenging route up Mt Vrysinas. Most walks have at least some partial shade.

Sketch maps of Rethymnon town centre and the villages of Armeni, Georgioupolis, Khromonastiri, Kournas and Rousospiti are included in the text.

Book first published 2008.

The 44-page book is A5 size, with a card cover. It is accompanied by an A3 double-sided colour walkers' map of the Rethymnon and Georgioupolis areas, at a scale of 3.8cm:1km (Rethymnon) and 3.2cm:1km (Georgioupolis). Book and map are supplied in a tough A5 plastic sleeve.

Book first published (in this form) 2008; map published 1996, updated 2005.

ISBN 978-1-905333-09-7

The two previous walk books for North Crete ("Walks in the Georgioupolis Area" and "Walks in Rethymnon") were updated and combined into a single book called "Walks in Rethymnon and Georgioupolis Area, Crete" in 2008.

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