Church Agios Ioannis

Church Agios Ioannis is a cave in Platanias, Chania, Crete. Church Agios Ioannis is situated nearby to the village Kolymvari, as well as near Kamisiana.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monumental Olive Tree of Vouves and Gonia Monastery.

Monumental Olive Tree of Vouves

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The Olive tree of Vouves is an olive tree in the village of Ano Vouves in the municipal unit of Kolymvari in Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Probably one of the oldest olive trees in the world, it still produces olives today. Monumental Olive Tree of Vouves is situated 4 km south of Church Agios Ioannis.

Gonia Monastery

Monastery

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The Gonia Monastery, also known as the Monastery of Our Lady of Gonia or the Monastery of Panagia Hodegetria, is a Greek Orthodox monastery located 1 kilometre north of Kolymvari and approximately 26 kilometres from Chania, on the southeast coast of the Rodopos peninsula in Crete, Greece, overlooking the Gulf of Chania. Gonia Monastery is situated 3½ km north of Church Agios Ioannis.

Museum of the Monastery of Gonia

Museum

The Gonia Monastery, also known as the Monastery of Our Lady of Gonia or the Monastery of Panagia Hodegetria, is a Greek Orthodox monastery located 1 kilometre north of Kolymvari and approximately 26 kilometres from Chania, on the southeast coast of the Rodopos peninsula in Crete, Greece, overlooking the Gulf of Chania. Museum of the Monastery of Gonia is situated 3½ km north of Church Agios Ioannis.