Kavousi is a historic village in the municipality of Ierapetra

Ierapetra

Ierapetra is a town in the southeast of the Greek island of Crete and a municipality of Crete region.-History:The town of Ierapetra is located on the southeast coast of Crete, along the beach of Ierapetra Bay. It lies south of Agios Nikolaos and southwest of Sitia and is an important regional...

 in the prefecture of Lasithi

Lasithi

Lasithi is the easternmost regional unit on the island of Crete, to the east of Heraklion. Its capital is Agios Nikolaos, the other major towns being Ierapetra, Sitia and Neapoli. The mountains include the Dikte to the west and the Sitia Mountains to the east...

 in eastern Crete

Crete

Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...

. It is situated 19 kilometers northeast of Ierapetra, 26 km east of Agios Nikolaos

Agios Nikolaos, Crete

Agios Nikolaos is a coastal town on the Greek island of Crete, lying east of the island's capital Heraklion, north of the town of Ierapetra and west of the town of Sitia. In the year 2000, the Municipality of Agios Nikolaos, which takes in part of the surrounding villages, claimed around 19,000...

 and 42 km west of Sitia

Sitia

Sitia refers both to the port town, with 8,900 inhabitants and to the municipality with 19,209 inhabitants in Lasithi, Crete . It lies to the east of Agios Nikolaos and to the northeast of Ierapetra. Sitia port is on the Sea of Crete, which is a part of the Aegean Sea and is one of the economic...

. The village is located in the northern foothills of the Thripti mountain range. Many archaeological sites have been discovered in the area of Kavousi, among which are Vronda, Kastro

Kastro

- Places :*Kastro, a town in the municipality of Kastro-Kyllini in Greece*Kastro, a Late Bronze-Early Iron Age settlement near the modern village of Kavousi in eastern Crete*Kastros, a Neolithic settlement on the island of Cyprus- People :...

, Azoria

Azoria

Azoria is an archaeological site on a double-peaked hill overlooking the Gulf of Mirabello in eastern Crete in the Greek Aegean. "Azoria" is a local toponym, not apparently an ancient place name or epigraphically-attested Greek city...

, Chrysokamino and the isle Pseira

Pseira

Pseira is an islet in the Gulf of Mirabello in northeastern Crete with the archaeological remains of Minoan and Mycenean civilisation.-Exploration:...

. Kavousi lies just 3.6 kilometers south of Tholos beach. The village has a magnificent view over the Bay of Mirabello and the Isthmus of Ierapetra.