Dikti Mountains tour

In Crete you can spend a lot of time in the mountains, this time we took a tour of the Dikti Mountains.

If you pass the mountains from the south it's hard to find the way und sometimes you have to drive through the front yard of houses and drive through villages where you hardly fit between the houses. All in all a great adventure!

The mountain range lies in the southeast of the island in the regional units of Iraklio and Lasithi between the towns of Iraklio and Agios Nikolaos.

The mountain range, including Mount Dikti, reaches a height of up to 2148 metres, making it the third highest mountain range in Crete. It is about 30 kilometres long and up to 14 kilometres wide. And it’s cold and windy up there 🥶🌬️.

In modern times up until the 19th century, the mountains were called Lasithi and the ridges of the Dikti Mountains enclose the Lasithi Plateau, the largest plateau in Crete in terms of area.

The higher elevations of the mountains are almost devoid of vegetation and practically uninhabited. On the lower slopes and on the plateau there are small settlements and villages in which the few inhabitants live mainly from livestock farming.

It took us 5,5 hours for only 130km and it was totally worth it! ❤️Read more