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60. Armeni to Koumi Walk and Cycle in Crete
pageid = 3454 parentid = 7696 60. Armeni to Koumi Walk and Cycle in Crete Map of routes 60 - 65 Five kilometres of surfaced road for walkers and cyclists. Armeni is a prosperous village on the main road ten kilometres south of Rethimnon. Only a small part of it can be seen from the main road. Most of it lies uphill to the east and contains many old Venetian buildings. It was also a Minoan and later a Roman settlement and there are several excavations underway at the moment. Leave Armeni on the road signed for Koumi. This is a very worn tarmac road. 1 km. Take a right fork beside a military barracks with a little church and graveyard on the left. The no photography sign here must be obeyed. 2 km. Views open out to the south and west and the road takes a long hairpin down into the valley ahead. You can cut the corner by following an overgrown track to the road in the valley bottom where there is a water pumping station in a concrete building. 3 km. The road now climbs and turns west. Below on the right several pinnacles of rock are surmounted by cairns. 5 km. Koumi. The larger church on the hill top has some interesting carved furniture and is an excellent viewpoint. The little church of St George looks out to the south. It has a carved wood screen. The other small red roofed church with a north-west outlook has some very elaborately carved woodwork. Previous: - 53. Ancient Fortress Next: - 61. Koumi to Malaki
