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Etià the "ghost" village, with its two beautiful churches (one dedicated to Agios Ioannis and the second to the Virgin and Agia Ekaterini) and the Venetian Villa Demezzo |
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A few hundred meters lower, continuing on the road to Papagianades,
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will reach a crossroads to a church dedicated to the Saints Fanurios and Panteleimonas |
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is a small uninhabited village totally immersed in olives and placed in an area very rich in greenery and vineyards; |
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it can be reached in about 40 minutes drive from Xerocampos, on roads entirely paved in the direction Ziros - Handras - Armeni. |
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(for the first a popular legend says that whoever loses an object, whatever kind it may be, can come here and ask the grace of the Saint to find it!). |
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Here you will find traditional Cretan houses and these of Etià, even if they were abandoned in the'70s and now in ruins, retain a particular charm. |
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(a manor dating back to the sixteenth century that of its three original floors preserves nowadays only one, however well restored and enhanced few years ago), |