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Cretan Nature - fauna - flora

TOP CRETAN BEACHES At Stigmes we consider ourselves experts in Crete and its beaches. Therefore, we present this photographic exploration to some of the most astonishing beaches and coasts of our island. 

EXCLUSIVELY IN CHRISI ISLAND The flower Colchicum costurieri is a native flower of Chrisi, meaning that in this planet you can only find it on this tiny island, south of Crete. Since its first description in 1967, this is the first time it has been photographed

A CHAMOIS WHICH REFUSES TO TAME – Kri-Kri, wild goat, “agrimi” or Capra Aegagrus Cretensis, however you may call it, you will always be talking about the an animal unique to Crete (as it’s latin surname, Cretensis, explains)

A HUNDRED AND TWENTY DIFFERENT ORCHIDS IN ONE SQUARE METER OF CRETAN SOIL! Anna Ohmer, a German botanist, has chosen Crete for her holidays in 1992, but she lives now for 14 years in this place where the scents of wild herbs fill the mountain air, exploring the local flora and especially orchids, on which she has written a book named “Orchids of Crete”

THE WILD CAT OF CRETE: The ghost-animal In the Himalayas, there is the Yeti; in Scotland, there is the monster of Loch Ness, in Crete, there is the wild cat, only this time the «monster» has been captured and studied.

THE ISLAND WHERE SPRING IS FOREVER The flora of Crete is not only rich, but also interesting: a large number of plants and herbs are always in blossom and when perceived in their particular habitat create the impression of perpetual, cyclic spring

I LOVE TO FLY HIGH An interview with the legendary gypaetus barbatus, the proud Cretan eagle who sadly slides into extinction

WHERE NO MAN HAS SET FOOT BEFORE Crete, with its high-relief landscape is a paradise for canyoning, which means exploring gorges using alpinism techniques.

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