Grandes
Grandes is a group of three small islands off the east coast of Crete. Administratively it comes within the Itanos municipality in Lasithi. Grandes can be seen from the Minoan site of Roussolakkos near Palekastro as can the island of Elasa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island group off Sitia, Greece
- Also known as: “Gkrantes”, “Grándes Islands”, “Grantes”, “Nisídes Gkrántes”, “Nisides Grantes”, and “Nisídhes Grándes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rousolakos and Kouremenos.
Rousolakos
Archaeological site
Photo: EinarB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roussolakkos is the site of a Minoan city, located near Palekastro, Crete. The Bronze Age town was occupied from Early Minoan IIA to Late Minoan IIIB, and its remains are relatively well preserved.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agathia and Palekastro.
Agathia
Hamlet
Photo: Petro Stelte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agathia is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km west of Grandes.
Palekastro
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palaikastro or Palekastro, with the Godart and Olivier abbreviation PK, is a thriving town, geographic heir to a long line of settlements extending back into prehistoric times, at the east end of the Mediterranean island Crete.
Lagada
Hamlet
Photo: Roton Piotr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lagada is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km southwest of Grandes.
Grandes
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Grandes” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جرانديس (جزر)”
- Arabic: “جرانديس”
- Cebuano: “Nisídes Grántes”
- Dutch: “Grandes”
- Finnish: “Gkrántes”
- Galician: “Grandes, Grecia”
- Greek: “Nisídes Grántes”
- Greek: “Γκράντες”
- Greek: “Γράντες”
- Greek: “νησίδες Γκράντες”
- Greek: “Νησίδες Γκράντες”
- Greek: “Νησίδες Γράντες”
- Swedish: “Nisídes Grántes”
- Turkish: “Grandes”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Órmos Koureménos and Cape Salmone.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Grandes”. Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.