Nida
The fertile Nida plateau is surrounded by the Ida Mountains. It is located at an altitude of 1400m, 60klm from Heraklion and 24klm from Anogia, the famous handicraft and cottage industry centre
in Crete. During the winter Nida plateau is covered in snow but in the summer time thousands of goats and sheep are brought here to graze.
| Day long celebrations with music, food and drink are held when the flocks are taken to the plateau in spring and back down again in autumn. The most popular scenery of the landscape is "mitata", vaulted stone huts that are used as shelters by the shepherds. |  |
A path from Nida plateau leads to Ideon Andron cave -the cave where Zeus was brought up-
and further on to Psiloritis, the highest peak of Ida mountains. A little bit further the skiing centre
of Psiloritis can be found.
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Heraklion
The prefecture of Heraklion is the biggest on the island and is surrounded by Ida mountains and Lassithi
Chania
The prefecture of Chania occupies the west section of the island. It's a mainly mountainous region with the White Mountains
Rethymno
The prefecture of Rethymno lies between two large mountain ranges, the White mountains and Ida
Lassithi
Lassithi is the easternmost prefecture of Crete. Agios Nikolaos, the capital of the prefecture is a cosmopolitan, coastal town on Mirabello bay.
