The eco Lasinthos park is a natural park located in Lassithi southeast of Heraklion Crete near the village of Agios Georgios. This natural park is 53.5 km. From the city of Heraklion and it won't be difficult for a traveler to find it.

To get at the ecological park a traveler starting from Heraklion, will follow the National Road Heraklion to Agios Nikolaos BOAK / E75 from the airport. After 17.9 km. You will find the Gorge Aposelemi, tha has a length of 1.1 km, leaving the gorge after 1,9 km turn  right on the junction of National road towards the Provincial Road Airport-Kastelli, after 3,5km now go straight to the Provincial Road Neapolis-Xersonisos. Now you have other 29.7 km in front of you until you get to this magnificent park. (Google map path )

Covering all that  route it is recommended to use your time by making some stops to enjoy the natural environment and the diversity of the place, in plants and animals. One of these stops is Aposelemi Gorge. Also in one of these stops you will have the chance to see a relatively new dam of  Aposelemi, a superb edifice which hasn't damage the natural landscape. Another stop will be the village Avdou in which you can enjoy a nice walk or even the traditional cuisine of the village.

Arriving at the natural park lasinthos be sure to have enough time to explore this extensive area of 200 acres, to follow paths that lead to farms where you will see different species some of them are quite rare. Farm houses have chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, impressive peacocks, pigeons, noisy partridges, pheasants, quails, gangling ostriches, but also the rare local animal of Crete, the Cretan wild goat (ibex) or maybe an  Arkalon (badger) if it's not hiding in burrows and other tame animals that you should  not hesitate to offer them a caress or even cherish them with the help of the owners. As reference to the activities within the farm a visitor can play football in a 5 x 5,  basketball, swimming, archery, horseback riding, mountain biking, and hiking on specially formed paths and also attend various  workshops like woodcarving , making perfumes, candle making, pottery, weaving honey standardization and raki distillery.

Visitors will find plenty of interesting locations out of the farm, like in astounding hollow caves that formed with the passing of time such as Dikteon Andron, Cave of Peristera and the cave of the Trapeza, as well as several old churches like the Monastery of Krystalenia the Monastery of Vidiani and the monastery of Saint John. The Museum of Natural History in Vidiano, the museum of Eleftherios Venizelos and the Folklore Museum of St. George that highlights the cultural and historical aspect of this place that worths to be experienced. Finally, the visitor will find enough comfort to the guest houses of this natural park enjoying all the benefits of the farm, which enriches and feeds the traditional cuisine of this residence .

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