Stavies

Stavies (Greek: Στάβιες) is a small village in the southern part of Crete, Greece.

This village is built at a height of 240 m above sea-level, on the south edge of the valley of Messara and is mentioned in the Archives of Chandax in 1370.

The area is mainly agricultural and a large variety of high quality products are produced.

Some of which are the famous Cretan olive oil and various products of grapes like wine, raisins, various types of vegetables (cabbages, lettuces, potatoes, pole beans etc.)

In relation to its size, Stavies is one of the few villages in the area that has more than one olive oil factory.

This is an airview of Stavies (from the east).