60. Armeni to Koumi Walk and Cycle in Crete
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60. Armeni to Koumi Walk and Cycle in Crete
60. Armeni to Koumi Walk and Cycle in Crete60. Armeni to Koumi
60. Armeni to Koumi Walk and Cycle in Crete
Map of routes 60 - 65
Five kilometres of surfaced road for walkers and cyclists.
Armeni is a prosperous village on the main road ten kilometres south of Rethimnon. Only a small part of it can be seen from the main road. Most of it lies uphill to the east and contains many old Venetian buildings. It was also a Minoan and later a Roman settlement and there are several excavations underway at the moment.
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Leave Armeni on the road signed for Koumi. This is a very worn tarmac road. 1 km. Take a right fork beside a military barracks with a little church and graveyard on the left. The no photography sign here must be obeyed. 2 km. Views open out to the south and west and the road takes a long hairpin down into the valley ahead. You can cut the corner by following an overgrown track to the road in the valley bottom where there is a water pumping station in a concrete building. 3 km. The road now climbs and turns west. Below on the right several pinnacles of rock are surmounted by cairns. 5 km. Koumi. The larger church on the hill top has some interesting carved furniture and is an excellent viewpoint. The little church of St George looks out to the south. It has a carved wood screen. The other small red roofed church with a north-west outlook has some very elaborately carved woodwork. Previous: - 53. Ancient Fortress Next: - 61. Koumi to Malaki