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Therissos Chania: Therissos is a small village built on the foot of the White Mountains at an altitude of 580 metres, 16 km south of Chania town. The village is famous for its incredible beauty, its glorious history, but also it is dairy farming.

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Therissos played an important role in the history of Crete during the 19th century since it was the place of birth of the Cretan revolutionists Vassilis, Stefanos and Giannis Halis who participated to most of the great battles against Turks in Crete and the Peloponnese.

But the great past of the village and its fame is mostly due to the fact that Eleftherios Venizelos (the great politician and statesman) had his headquarters at Therissos when he declared the union of Crete with the newly built Greek State. Its house has been turned into a museum.

The lovely village has various accommodations and excellent taverns where one can taste the divine local specialities. Visitors can also admire the cave located that is 2,5 kilometres north of the village, on the left bank of Kladissos River, where traces of Neolithic and Minoan settlements have been discovered.

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Verekinthos Villas is an impressive 240sqm traditional Cretan villa with a 40sqm swimming pool, set on the outskirts of Gerolakos village in Keramia (just 16km from Chania center and old town).

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    Jeep Adveture At A Shepherd's Hut On Lefka Ori Mountain

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    During the guided safari tour you will learn about life in Cretan villages, olives pick, olive oil production, cheese & honey production, distillation of \"raki\" - \"tsikoudia\", and Cretan cuisine, culture, history and tradition. You will learn also about Cretan revolution which started in 1905 at Therisso village from Eleftherios Venizelos

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