A taverna-kafeneio (coffeehouse) halfway along Kritzotopoula, Platanos has a pleasant setting under a giant 200-year-old plane tree and vine canopy. The tasty menu revolves around grills, mousakas and stifadho.
Taverna Platanos
Lasithi Province
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