• Gaidouronisi (Hrisi)

    Gaidouronisi (Hrisi)

    Nature
  • Lake Bramiana

    Lake Bramiana

    Nature
  • Mylonas Canyon

    Mylonas Canyon

    Nature
  • Mesonas Canyon

    Mesonas Canyon

  • Ha Canyon

    Ha Canyon

  • Selakano Forest

    Selakano Forest

  • Sarakina Canyon

    Sarakina Canyon

  • Gaidouronisi (Hrisi)
  • Lake Bramiana
  • Mylonas Canyon
  • Mesonas Canyon
  • Ha Canyon
  • Selakano Forest
  • Sarakina Canyon

GAIDOURONISI (CHRYSI)

Chrysi, is one of the 81 uninhabited islands of Crete and it is known as Gaidouronisi.

It is located to the Lybian sea, 8 miles south of Ierapetra. On summertime it is full of daily visitors that enjoy the blonde beaches and turquoise waters. An impressive fact of the island is that the profits forest is almost 200 years old.
Many fossils have been found in Chrysi on volcano rocks dating from 350.000 until 70.000 years when the island was still under the sea.

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  • Nisi5
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  • Nisi8
  • Xrysi Main
  • Nisi1
  • Nisi2
  • Nisi3
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  • Xrysi Main

Mobile App

The Digital Museum of Ierapetra is an attempt of the Municipal Authority to show the historical and archaeological monuments as well as to present the natural environment of the municipality area. As part of this effort, we created this app that aims to guide visitors in the points of interest of our municipality more...

Municipality

Visit the Municipality of Ierapetra web site. more...

The Digital Museum

The Museum consists of audiovisual content and interactive applications. In particular, LCD screens that display information about Ierapetra, the wider region, more...

Contact Us

Kanoupaki Square 1,
Ierapetra, Crete, Greece
Postcode: 722 00
e-mail: dimosierapetras@0448.syzefxis.gov.gr