Zaros Lake

A very green place, with a lake, water running along the roads all year long from Psiloritis mountains.

From the lake, there is a walk which leads to beautiful gorges, then to a oak forest , called Rouvas. You can find litle taverns next to the lake with wondrefull cretan cuisine. Zaros is also one of the biggest brand of commercialized water on Crete.

Rouvas

is by itself an interesting place: it is a kind of valley located at about 1000m altitude, surrounded by mountains tops reaching 1700 – 1800 m altitude. The view if the oak trees of this forrest is remarkable. Rouvas can also be reached by road from Gergeri.