WEATHER
Anogeia
Light Showers
11°C
Wind: 15 Southwest
Rethymno
16°C
Wind: 27 West
Spili
14°C
Wind: 06 West
Fragma Potamon
17°C
Wind: 13 West
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Fragokastelo - Kato Rodakino
Length: 14 km
Estimated time: 3.25 hours
Suggested period: January - December
Difficulty: None - paved road
Sights
Fragkokastello is a typical medieval castle, built on the south edges of Crete, in order to contain the undisciplined residents of Sfakia during the Venetian occupation.
At Skaloti, there is the interesting byzantine church of Profitis Ilias (1355-56).
Argoules is a typical Cretan dorp, built amphitheatrically facing the Libyan Sea. The view from there is magnificent.
On Korakas beach at Kato Rodakino, Greek raiders unloaded munitions, which were stored in the nearby cave of Skotini, during the revolution of 1866.