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The Mount Ida trailhead villages featured in this guide are all workaday places and at least some facilities will be open all year. The road to the Nida Plain will normally be under snow in winter.

On the Lassithi Plain many people escape the winter by moving down to their ‘second homes’ on the north coast. A few facilities remain open in Tzermiado, and no doubt at least one kafeneon in the other villages. The same will apply to Kritsa but Ay. Nikolaos, like all coastal resorts, will be closed up and primarily engaged in maintenance works. Selakano closes up from December to February. All mountain roads could be blocked with snow at times.

Shopping

In towns

While shops in the countryside stay open most of the time, in towns there are midday closing hours, three late night shopping days and two early-closing days. These are likely to be: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 0830–1330 and 1700–2000; Monday and Wednesday 0830–1330; Saturday 0830–1500. On Sundays only patisseries and tourist souvenir shops will be open.