JULY
15
Rouvas forest is located 55 km south of Heraklion and 16 km north of Gergeri village, in one of the most impassable and isolated parts of Crete. This isolation is the main reason for its existence: due to the absence of human activity this forest fortunately did not follow the fate of the other vanished forests of Crete. The forest of Rouvas grows in a valley - a small plateau south of the Psiloritis mountain range.
The forest can be accessed from various points: from Gergeri and from the Nida Plateau through a passable dirt road, as well as by hiking on the E4 path that starts from the lake of Zaros, passes through the beautiful gorge of Agios Nikolaos and leads to the forest.