When the sun’s beating down you can seek some shade at this pine forest just west of the airport.
Plaka Forest has a popular recreation area, with picnic tables where you can meet the many peacocks and tame cats that live here with the help of a volunteer keeper.
The peacocks are the stars of the show, especially when you see one of the colourful males showing off his tail, but there’s also a little pond, edged by rhododendron bushes with resident turtles.
