Camping Pefki

A Late Minoan building has been discovered in the Kastelopoulo area of Pefki, thought to have been a beacon or some kind of watchtower. Some caves in the wider area bear witness to human presence here from Neolithic times. You can see some of these traces in Apoloustres Cave and Vreikou Cave, five kliometres from Pefki. In Apoloustres, some 20th-century visitors found coins which, when cleaned, revealed the name of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Although the main sight in Pefki is definitely Pefki Gorge, it’s worth spending some time in the village, wandering through the narrow streets and enjoying the peace, simplicity and atmosphere of the place. Especially if you’ve come from a noisy resort, the peace and quiet of Pefki will feel blissful. Pefki has its own folk museum, housed in the village primary school. Here you can see everyday objects used by Cretans in the past, such as looms, grape presses, pithos jars, tools, spinning wheel and oil lamps, all donated to tuseum by inhabitants of Pefki. There is a quiet and serived beach in front of Camping Pefki, great for windsurfing and kitesurfing. You can also visit the Nautilos Museum, Pyrgos Drosini, Gouves, World War II forts, the Osios David Monastery, Agios Ioannis o Rossos, Osia Eirini Chrysovalantou and Panagia Ntinious. For spectacular mountain walks you have the waterfalls of Drimona and Milion, Mount Telethrio and Nileas Canyon. There's also Kamatriades for horse riding, pretty villages to explore and of course the petrified forest.