Arkoudiotissa Cave
Arkoudiotissa is a cave in the municipality of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Crete. From Gouverneto Monastery, the path to the cave is only accessible by foot.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Greece
- Also known as: “Bear Cave”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Moni Katholiko and Agia Triada Monastery.
Moni Katholiko
Church
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Moni Katholiko is a church, which is situated 220 metres northeast of Arkoudiotissa Cave.
Agia Triada Monastery
Monastery
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Agia Triada Monastery or the Monastery of Agia Triada Tsangarolon is a Greek Orthodox monastery in the Akrotiri peninsula in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Agia Triada Monastery is situated 3 km south of Arkoudiotissa Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stavros and Mouzouras.
Stavros
Village
Photo: Roton Piotr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stavros is a village and beach in the Akrotiri district of the city of Chania, Crete, Greece and had a population of 543. It is part of the community Kounoupidiana. Stavros is situated 5 km west of Arkoudiotissa Cave.
Mouzouras
Village
Mouzouras is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Akrotiri, Chania regional unit, on the island of Crete, Greece. The community consists of the settlements Mouzouras, Agia Zoni, Galini and Kalorrouma. Mouzouras is situated 6 km south of Arkoudiotissa Cave.
Kounoupidiana
Town
Kounoupidiana is a village in Crete, Greece, part of the municipal unit of Akrotiri and the largest town on that peninsula with a population of 9,213. It is 8 km northeast of the city of Chania and has become a popular place to live in recent years because… Kounoupidiana is situated 9 km southwest of Arkoudiotissa Cave.
Arkoudiotissa Cave
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Chania, Chania, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.5889° or 35° 35′ 20″ northLongitude
24.14393° or 24° 8′ 38″ eastElevation
298 metres (978 feet)Open location code
8G76H4QV+HHOpenStreetMap ID
node 305275777OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
12808965Wikidata ID
Q4792040
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Greek—“Arkoudiotissa Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف أركوديوتيسا”
- Chinese: “Arkoudiotissa 洞穴”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف اركوديوتيسا”
- Finnish: “Arkoudiótissan luola”
- German: “Bärenhöhle”
- Greek: “Παναγιά Αρκουδιώτισσα”
- Greek: “Σπήλαιο Αρκουδιώτισσας”
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