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C H A P T E R 5 The coast of the wild lilies The rough and stony land of easternmost Crete is still untouched by the modern construction industry and mass tourism Just after the village of Zakros, a turning beside the roadside remains of a Minoan country villa indicates the way to Xerokampos on the coast of the Libyan sea. Amid olive groves, winding gorges and high mountains, at last the coast comes into view, little-inhabited and with wide beaches of sand and pebbles. Immediately to the right just before arriving at the village of Xerokampos, one finds a small sandy bay with emerald-green water and one of the most beautiful beaches on Crete: right up to the water's edge there grow snow-white lilies and rare succulents that come into flower under the baking midsummer sun. 132
Following the shoreline, one notes a solitary small, white church built over an ancient Minoan settlement called Ambelos. Reoccupied in the Hellenistic period, it was later conquered by the Romans. The cut of the stones has nothing of the monumental to it, but it is nonetheless interesting to observe the remains of the ancient site which probably belonged to the kings of Zakros. Ambelos had a peak sanctuary of its own on the promontory that looks out over the two little islands in the middle of the sea known as Kavali. The coast near Ambelos gives a good idea of what the island must have been like in ancient times Leaving Ambelos behind us, the landscape becomes everwilder and more arid while the sea glitters in the sunlight, inviting one to take continual dips in its refreshing waters. We would recommend a walk up to the far promontory of Xerokampos which offers a magnificent view over the entire coast as far as Koufonissi. In one wall of rock the wind and the saltwater have carved a giant face with a wide-open mouth: it could easily be the face of the gorgon Medusa, The sea cliffs have been eroded by water, wind and salt which have sculpted strange images into the rock 133
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CHAPTER 1 SACRED AND PROFANE IN THE
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CHAPTER 3 FROM COAST TO COAST THROU
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C H A P T E R 3 Where nature is kin
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