Location information

Lendas

  The village of Lendas is 73km southeast of Iraklion, on the south coast of Crete. The name Lendas comes from the word lion (leondas) because the peninsula has the shape of a lion seen from high up. Lendas is an ancient Greek and Roman site, and has Byzantine churches of interest. It is also an anchorage point on the south coast of Crete. As you go down to Lendas there is a superb view of the coastline.

This text is cited Feb 2003 from the Crete TOURnet URL below, which contains image.

Crete TOURnet WebPage
• http://www.crete.tournet.gr/Site.jdp?ID=1364 (2 img.)
Crete TOURnet WebPage
• http://www.crete.tournet.gr/MainArea.jdp?ID=185 (3 img.)