Gianysada

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Gianysada is the southernmost island of the small Dionysades group of islands off Sitia on the northeast coast of Crete. The group also includes Dragonada, Paximada, and Paximadaki. Administratively this group comes within the Sitia municipality in Lasithi. ()

Local name: Γιανυσάδα Λασιθίου Archipelago: Cretan IslandsCoordinates: 35°19'40"N, 26°10'26"E

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Gianysada – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Vai, Peristerovrachoi, Paximadaki, Paximada.

6.9 miSE
Natural attraction, Protected area, Nature
Vai
175 min walk • The palm beach of Vai is one of the largest attractions of the Mediterranean island of Crete. For tourism Vai was discovered at the beginning of the 1970s by Richard White and friends from North London, Belfast and Bavaria, at the end of that decade it was popularised by the last hippies who fled the hot-spots Matala and Preveli.
7.2 miSE
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Peristerovrachoi
185 min walk • Peristerovrachoi, are uninhabited Greek islets/rocks, in the Aegean Sea, close to the eastern coast of Crete. Administratively they lie within the Itanos municipality of Lasithi.
2.1 miN
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Paximadaki
54 min walk • Paximadaki is an island within the small Dionysades group of islands off Sitia on the northeast coast of Crete. The group also includes Dragonada, Gianysada, and Paximada. Administratively this group comes within the Sitia municipality in Lasithi. Paximadaki lies off the north coast of the island Dragonada.
3.4 miN
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Paximada
86 min walk • Paximada is the northernmost island of the small Dionysades group of islands off Sitia on the northeast coast of Crete. The group also includes Dragonada, Gianysada, and Paximadaki. Administratively this group comes within the Sitia municipality in Lasithi.
1.2 miN
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Dragonada
31 min walk • Dragonada, also called Dragonara, is an island within the small Dionysades group of islands off Sitia on the northeast coast of Crete. The group also includes Gianysada, Paximada, and Paximadaki. Administratively this group comes within the Sitia municipality in Lasithi.