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I do not know the name of this valley, actually, a temporary opening between two gorges, of which, in turn, only the lower one bears a name, Maroula. Down at sea one finds the Tripiti beach, and also some tourists, coming mainly from Lentas along the coastal road.
The asphalt is virtually unknown in this piece of Crete and, at the crossing of two of the dirt roads visible here, I found a handwritten signpost "Taverna Agesilaos". I was curious about the existence of a Taverna in this seemingly deserted place, so I went to see. Actually, close to the little white church of Agios Sabbas, I heard some voice that allowed me to quickly locate the place.
During the summer Agesilaos and his wife Stella move away from their village on the opposite side of the Asteroussia (the only one permanently populated), and run this nice place in the shallow shadow of sparse olive trees. For dinner, they cooks some meat and/or prepare a Greek salad: after that you can retire in one of two tiny rooms or just unfold your sleeping bag in the courtyard.
To me, this seemed a sort of little paradise. Consequently, I named this seemingly nameless land as "Land of Agesilaos".

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