Links
In this page:
- Portals and gateways
- Academic sites
- History and commemoration
- Sustainable tourism
- Photographs
- Weather conditions
- Mapping sites
- Transport information
- Local Information
- Accommodation
- Village detail
- Food and drink
Portals and gateways
Sfakia - Crete Forum
www.sfakia-crete.com/forum/list.php?1. for old forum
www.sfakia-crete.com/forum2/index.php for new forum posts from April 2009 onwards.
West Crete portal
A useful umbrella site bringing together tourist information, many useful local links, photographic archives, mapping and satellite imagery.
www.west-crete.com/.
Links to Crete
A reasonably complete listing of the English language web sites covering Crete. Not very well organised but quite comprehensive.
www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/links-crete.html.
Sphakia Crete
The best portal site bringing together many pages relating to the Sphakian region. Follow up in particular the photo galleries and the practical local tourist information.
www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/sfakia-crete.html.
Interkriti
A tourist portal with useful introductory information about the island, aerial tour and many links to tourist sites.
www.interkriti.org/intro.htm.
Crete tourist virtual guide
www.crete.tournet.gr/MainArea.jdp?ID=290.
Top 100 travel sites in Crete
www.infocrete.com/vote/autorank.html
News articles about Sfakia
www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/news3.html
Academic sites
The Sphakia Survey
A rich resource reporting the results of many years of landscape archaeological research into the changing Sphakian landscape. Includes environmental data along with a site specific database, rich photographic archive and database.
sphakia.classics.ox.ac.uk/
Academic papers from the survey are at:
sphakia.classics.ox.ac.uk/emccv1988.html.
sphakia.classics.ox.ac.uk/emccv1989.html.
sphakia.classics.ox.ac.uk/emccv1990.html.
sphakia.classics.ox.ac.uk/bvtpaper.html.
University of Reading fieldcourse site
www.cretefieldtrip.com
Nuff said…
History and commemoration
Monuments of Crete
http://www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/monuments-sfakia.html
History, listing and photographs of commemorative monuments in the area
Churches in Sfakia
www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/100churches.html
Database and descriptions of surviving churches in the area
Military cemeteries: Commonwealth Cemetery
www.cwgc.org.
Maleme German cemetery
www.volksbund.de/kgs/stadt.asp?stadt=28.
Sustainable tourism in Crete
Sustainable tourism in Crete
A recent useful article on sustainable options for the island is at
stigmes.gr/br/brpages/articles/TOURISM_CRETE.htm [>Articles>SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN CRETE]
The Worldwide Fund for Nature
The site offers a rich resource in this area.
www.panda.org.
Crete environmental protection site (In German)
www.kreta-umweltforum.de/
Rich resources of translatable data sheets
Climate change impacts on Mediterranean
assets.panda.org/downloads/medreportfinal8july05.pdf (PDF)
Photographs
Wolfgang Kistler's Sphakia and Crete Pages
The richest photo archive relating to Sphakia (including web cams).
www.wkistler.de/index.html.
Panoramio
Geotagged photos of Sfakia plus a Google Map interface
www.panoramio.com/map/#lt=35.219118&ln=24.154301&z=4&k=2&a=1&tab=1
Sfakia message board photo section
Locally sourced and contemporary photo-resource
www.sfakia-crete.com/forum2/read.php?7,2091
Weather conditions
Climate & weather info for Sphakia-Crete-Greece
A page bringing together many climate related links relevant to the Sphakian area.
www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/sfakia-crete-climate.html.
Souda weather station
The closest regular forecast site, on the north coast.
www.wunderground.com/global/stations/16754.html.
Mapping sites
West Crete
A series of scanned maps and satellite images of the island.
www.west-crete.com/maps.htm.
www.west-crete.com/satellite.htm.
Maps page of Sfakia-crete.com
http://www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/maps-crete.html
Includes links to Google Maps, plus 3D views of the White Mountains/ Lefka Ori by Steve Crow, Khora Sphakion sketch maps, regional maps and trasport maps
Map of Loutro
www.cretetravel.com/Loutro/Loutro_map.htm.
German military map 1:25 000
1940 Khora Sfakion.
www.wkistler.de/wcam/02051969a_35.jpg.
Transport information
Buses
bus-service-crete-ktel.com/timetables.html.
Taxis
www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/transfers.html.
Walking
Useful advice about the terrain.
www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/sfakia-crete-walks.html
Ferries
www.cretetravel.com/To_and_from_Crete/Ferries_Crete_south.htm.
Local Information
Interkriti
The Interkriti aerial tour guide to Sphakia.
www.interkriti.org/visits/sfakia.html.
Accommodation
The Livikon Hotel
www.sfakia-livikon.com.
Village detail
Chora Sphakion
www.sfakia-livikon.com/horasfakion.htm.
www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/.
Chora Sphakion
www.chora-sfakion.com.
Guide to local villages
www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/villages.html.
Samaria Gorge
www.samaria.west-crete.com.
Anopolis
www.west-crete.com/platanos/anopolis.htm.
Loutro
www.loutro.net/index.html.
loutro.com/.
Fragokastello
www.interkriti.org/visits/fragkast.html.
www.frangokastello-und-meehr.de/
Food and drink
Eating and drinking in Crete
Useful background on cuisine, eating customs and local drinks.
www.west-crete.com/eating-drinking-crete.htm.
Crete’s Culinary Sanctuaries
Rich resources about organic food, recipes and cooking holidays in Crete. Many interesting articles on web site.
www.cookingincrete.com/