Video Labyrinth of Crete

The French Speleological Society (LUC) in collaboration with the Speleological Association of Crete presented a magical exploration of the caves and the underground of the mountain area of Sitia.

Lassithi Caves - Six kilometers of unexplored depths

The French Speleological Society (LUC) in collaboration with the Speleological Association of Crete presented a magical exploration of the caves and the underground of the mountain area of Sitia.

Gourgouthakas is a cave located at an altitude of 1500 m in the Atzinolakos area on the White Mountains.This cave is also one of the 30 deepest shaft caves in the world.

Man sets foot in the deepest shaft cave of Greece

Gourgouthakas is a cave located at an altitude of 1500 m in the Atzinolakos area on the White Mountains.

This cave is also one of the 30 deepest caves in the world.

Over 3,500 caves have been recorded on Crete since 1962, when the late eminent Eleftherios Platakis founded the local department of the Hellenic Speleological Society. Of those 3,500 caves only 850 have been explored. However, during the last twenty years, the Cretan speleologists have been very active and fortunate at the same time.

In the Depths of the Earth

Over 3,500 caves have been recorded on Crete since 1962, when the late eminent Eleftherios Platakis founded the local department of the Hellenic Speleological Society. Of those 3,500 caves only 850 have been explored.

However, during the last twenty years, the Cretan speleologists have been very active and fortunate at the same time.