Váï
in Lasithi of Crete, Greece
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Sitia Airport (10 mi) - Kasos Airport (38 mi)
- Karpathos Airport (51 mi)
- Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (61 mi)
- Santorini Airport (91 mi)
- Astypalaia Airport (92 mi)
- Kos Airport (116 mi)
- Leros Airport (137 mi)
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Milas Bodrum International Airport (158 mi) - Dalaman International Airport (174 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 35.254 and 26.265 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 35° 15' 15" and E 26° 15' 52"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- Modern Greek, English, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 07:28 PM (Monday)
- Timezone: Europe/Athens
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:17 am and 8:05 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -27.600 and -144.317 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Area - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Greece.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Greece. Last Update: 2024-05-06 08:04:52
Explore Váï
Váï in Lasithi (Crete) is located in Greece about 235 mi (or 379 km) south-east of Athens, the country's capital.
Local time in Váï is now 07:28 PM (Monday). The local timezone is named Europe / Athens with an UTC offset of 3 hours. We know of 10 airports in the wider vicinity of Váï, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in Greece is Sitia Airport in a distance of 10 mi (or 15 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Sitia, Agios Nikolaos, Ierapetra, Fry and Kastelli. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 20°C / 69 °F
| Morning Temperature | 15°C / 58 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 19°C / 67 °F |
| Night Temperature | 16°C / 62 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 40% |
| Air Pressure | 1016 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (9 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
22°C (71 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Wednesday, 8th of May 2024
23°C (73 °F)
18°C (65 °F)
Scattered clouds, gentle breeze.
Thursday, 9th of May 2024
22°C (71 °F)
18°C (65 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Fotini Apartments
Cavo Plako Villas
GreeceOlive Coast Suites Sitia
Dionysos Authentic Resort & Village
Casa di Mare
Hiona Holiday Hotel
Sunrise Apartments
Videos from this area
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Relaxing in Palekastro
Relaxing in Palekastro, Greece, Crete, after a buzy vacation day. Shot at night with a Sony HDR-CX520E camcoder. June 2010. Some quality was lost during conversion to a wmv file.
Palekastro 2012
It was an awesome holiday!!! Here just a few shots..
Crete | Chiona Beach
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Crete | Toplou Monastery
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Windsurf freestyle in Palekastro by Bertrand
Great freestyle session in Kouremenos, Palekastro, Crete, by Bertrand from Marseille. Shot with a GoPro Hero HD 960.
Windsurf at Palekastro by Romain
Aristos in Vai
In Vai, at the most eastern part of Crete. Doing 45km/h without much effort and 50 with a little more.
road from Moni Toplou to Vai beach
road from Moni Toplou to Vai beach.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Vai (Crete)
The palm beach of Vai is one of the largest attractions of the Mediterranean island of Crete. It features the largest natural palm forest in Europe, made up of Cretan Date Palm (Phoenix theophrasti). 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.
Peristerovrachoi
Peristerovrachoi (Greek: Περιστερόβραχοι, "pigeon rocks"), 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.
Mavros Vrachos
Mavros Vrachos (Greek: Μαύρος Βράχος, "black rock"), is an uninhabited Greek islet, in the Aegean Sea, close to the eastern coast of Crete. Administratively it lies within the Itanos municipality of Lasithi.
Mavros
Mavros, is an uninhabited Greek islet, in the Aegean Sea, close to the eastern coast of Crete. Administratively it lies within the Itanos municipality of Lasithi.
Megatzedes
Megatzedes, is an uninhabited Greek islet, in the Aegean Sea, close to the eastern coast of Crete. Administratively it lies within the Itanos municipality of Lasithi.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Váï.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Metokhi Vaï, Váï
