Attraction · Municipality of Oropedion Lasithiou · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Diktaean Cave / Cave of Zeus is an attraction in Municipality of Oropedion Lasithiou, Lasithi Regional Unit. This place has a story in the app. Within 90 m you'll find a bench.
Story · Diktaean Cave / Cave of Zeus
You're standing at the Psychro Cave, high on the Lasithi plateau in eastern Crete. For the Minoans, this was a sacred place. People came here as early as Early Minoan times, and a few centuries later it was the busiest shrine around. The nearest big town back then was Malia, down on the coast.
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Source: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No water point, public toilet, bike pump or food stand within 1 km.
3 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first.
Closed till renovated (according to OpenStreetMap). Check the official website for public holidays.
No, according to OpenStreetMap it is not wheelchair accessible.
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