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🌴 The Cretan Date Palm is a rare endemic species of the Aegean Sea. The largest palm groves are located in Vai (East Crete) and Lake Preveli (South Crete). They grow in moist sandy plains and rocky areas near sea level.
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🌴 It takes a lifetime for sometime to discover Crete, but it only takes an instant to fall in love with her.
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🌳 Junipers are well adapted to dry soil conditions. They usually have a very deep taproot to take up water from deep in the soil, as well as a mat of fibrous roots closer to the soil's surface to capture rain water.
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⛰️ "The mystery of Crete runs deep. Whoever sets foot on this island senses a mysterious force coursing warmly and beneficently through veins, sensing their soul beginning to grow." N. Kazantzakis
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🏞️ Agios Nikolaos (St. Nicholas) chapel is built on a small rocky islet very close to Georgioupolis beach. The church appears to be emerging from the sea, being one of Crete's most precious religious icons.
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🏞️ Lake Kournas is actually the only large natural lake in Crete. Surrounded by high mountains, it constitutes a great ecosystem of rare aquatic plants and trees that is protected under the Natura 2000 program.
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🏝️ Cretan ebony (Ebenus cretica) is a perennial flowering plant, endemic to the island of Crete. Its bright pink or purple flowers bloom from April to June and can be found on rocky hillsides or on steep cliffs.
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🏝️ Located at the exit of Kourtaliotiko gorge, where the Great River flows into the Libyan Sea, Preveli is definetely one of the most exotic landscapes in Crete and home of the Cretan date palm, Phoenix theophrasti.
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