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Dikteon Cave
A cave of stalactites high above the Lasithi Plateau, said to be where Zeus was born.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Psychro, Lasithi PlateauDirections
- Getting There
- About 1½ hours by car southeast of Heraklion.
Why Go
A steep path and steps lead down into a great hall of stalactites with a small pool, where the Minoans left offerings for centuries. The drive up crosses the Lasithi Plateau, a flat basin of orchards and fields ringed by mountains, once dotted with thousands of white-sailed windmills.
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