Recommended maps
If you want to explore Crete and get away from the beaten track,
you will want to buy a good map. Below are the ones we recommend
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Western
Crete (Maps of Crete) and Eastern
Crete (Maps of Crete) are
two 100.000 maps by harms verlag. Good for driving
and just about usable for walks.
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The Greek publisher Anavasi has recently (May 2006) published
a few good 1:25.000 maps of Crete. Three of them cover the region
from Sougia (East Selinou) to Sfakia and include most of the White
Mountains. These maps are a huge improvement on what we had before
(including the Greek military maps) and are accurate to use with
a GPS but they could have been much better if they had included
more of the old paths. On the other hand, from a safety point of view it might be a good thing not to include remote paths in the mountains because you invariably get people following them and getting in trouble.
The maps are cheap to buy and solidly made (you get the sense
that they will not tear after the first few times you use them)
and can be bought in good bookshops in Crete
. (see bottom of the page to order through Amazon)
They also have a CD for PC combining the 3 maps. It has a map viewer displaying coordinates and altitude at any point of the map. Comprises three maps on a scale of 1:25.000 (Pachnes, Sfakia and Gigilos - Samaria). Includes files ready to import in TopoView, Pathaway, TTQV and OziExplorer.
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Anavasi also published a 1:50.000 road atlas covering the whole of the island in May 2008. This is the most up-to-date "map" at the moment. The Crete Road and Touring Atlas is spiral bound and contains 130 maps sheets. It is GPS compatible. The prrice is Euro 18.00 (in Greece)
(see bottom of the page)
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You may be able to get the various Anavasi maps (currently the best maps for Crete) through Amazon. Try the links below.
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