Vrisinas
North-facing site · 641 m takeoff
Overview
Vrisinas is a flying site in Greece with a recorded launch elevation of 641 m. It works best in northerly winds, and can also work in north-easterly, westerly and north-westerly winds.
- initialy imported from International Leonardo Source: ParaglidingEarth
When to go
Flyable days per month in a typical year.
Flyable days for Vrisinas are on the way. We are scoring ten years of weather for every site, month by month, against this site, its region and the sites around it.
Getting there
Nearest airports
- CHQ Chania International Airport40 km
- HER Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport61 km
- JSH Sitia Airport145 km
Where to stay
The nearest towns, for a bed, food and a lift to takeoff.
- Rethymno7 km away · cityBooking.comAirbnb
- Spili11 km awayBooking.comAirbnb
- Agia Galini29 km awayBooking.comAirbnb
Things to do
For the days the wind is wrong: places worth a visit within 10 km of Vrisinas.
Halevi MonasteryCulture · 3.6 km awayGreek Orthodox former monastery, now church, in Crete
Armenoi (archaeological site)Culture · 3.9 km awayArchaeological site on Crete
Archaeological Museum of RethymnoCulture · 7.2 km awayMuseum in Rethymno, Greece- VrysinasCulture · 0.9 km awayArchaeological site in Greece
Flying nearby
See them on the map
asiderotas19 km S · Faces SPossible XC from here on a N day, 19 km downwindWorks in other winds
Olymp19 km SPossible XC from here on a N day, 19 km downwind
Psiloritis-Vistagi24 km SE · Faces S–NWorks in other winds
stolistra25 km E · Faces NW–N
Fragkokastello27 km SW · Faces SE–SWWorks in other winds
Agathias27 km SE · Faces SE–SWorks in other winds
Krapi27 km W · Faces N
Uruguai28 km E · Faces NW
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