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The fertile soil of the plateau has attracted villagers since the 6000 BC Neolithic period, followed by the Minoans and Dorians to these days.<br \/>\nThe fertile region between the mountains and the sea is dotted with small authentic villages surrounded by Potato fields, Apple, Pear, and Almond groves. There are several caves of archaeological interest in the plateau and surrounding mountains, where the most famous is <a href=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/the-diktaion-cave\/\"><strong>The Diktaion Cave<\/strong><\/a> (Psychro Cave) in the Dikti mountains near the village of Psychro.<br \/>\nTo visit the beautiful Lasithi Plateau rural area we would suggest driving a circular ~25 km long road around the Plateau. Starting at Mesa Lasithi, continue through the charming villages of Tzermiado, Agios Giorgios and the Cretan Folk Museum, Pcychro and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/the-diktaion-cave\/\">Grotte de Diktaion<\/a>, <\/strong>and Kera village where you will see the Stone Windmills. Close to the windmills visit the interesting Homo Sapience Museum with displays related to the history of Crete and the mankind.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 840 meters high plateau in the Lasithi region in eastern Crete, 11 km by 6 km area, 70 km east of Heraklion, and 40 km west of Agios Nikolaos. The plateau is famous for its white sails windmills used to pump water for irrigation since the 15th century Venetian period. The fertile soil of the plateau has attracted villagers since the 6000 BC Neolithic period, followed by the Minoans and Dorians to these days.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","attraction-type":[20],"class_list":["post-16727","attraction","type-attraction","status-publish","hentry","attraction-type-nature-n-wildlife"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Lasithi Plateau - Travel with Joy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/the-lasithi-plateau\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Lasithi Plateau - Travel with Joy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A 840 meters high plateau in the Lasithi region in eastern Crete, 11 km by 6 km area, 70 km east of Heraklion, and 40 km west of Agios Nikolaos. 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