Excellent if you are a true star gazer with a little experience. But for the novice english speaking tourist with an interest in the stars, it is a struggle to understand our Belgian host who delivers too much information and not enough star gazing. It is a privilege to see his deep space telescope and to see the "tiny" images that he creates through his experience and knowledge of the universe. If he had the ability to project the image, it certainly would have been more interesting than squinting through a tiny eyepiece. Definitely take the group tour rather than a private more expensive appointment. A truly unique experience presented by a very knowledgeable and pleasant individual in the lovely setting.
Our private astronomy session was in the words of one of the children "awesome". It was a really fantastic and mind blowing experience. So special to be able to see all sorts of wonderful things not visible to the naked eye. Filip is really knowledgeable and I loved all his interesting stories, he was also great at answering questions of all kinds. Would highly recommend for a brilliant evening.
Always had an interest in astronomy. This was my first chance to look through a telescope for myself. I'm hooked and want to take it up when I get back home. Been coming to Crete for 5 years and this is the best attraction I've been too. This was a fantastic introduction to the universe. Filip & Chantelle are a really friendly couple and Filip's knowledge and enthusiasm are brilliant.
虽然这里环境偏僻,但是沿路上山非常值得一游。我们和Filip、Chantal 玩得非常愉快,尽管天上有云,但是景色非常优美,而且远处景色尤佳。自制的小酒也让人喝得很愉快!强烈推荐。
This was for me the highlight of my holidays in Crete. I am a big lover of the night sky, stars, constellations, nebulae, white dwarves, etc. Filip and Chantal will welcome you on their terrace and with the help of some impressive telescopes and a lot of knowledge and experience, take you on a guided tour of the night sky. I think it is a wonderful opportunity and I am very thankful to Filip for his time with me explaining in as much detail as I could comprehend. This is for all lovers of the night sky, from the ones that work as professionals to the curious novice. ;0) Enjoy!
We visited Sasteria a couple of years ago. We went at the same time as another group of people so we didn't pay as much, but didn't get as much time on each telescope. It was a fun evening and I would do it again. Unfortunately all the planets were low on the horizon at the time so we were unable to look at them, but we did see a range of other things - there may be better times of year to visit to see planets
听我们公寓大楼的邻居说这是一个非常有价值的体验之后,我们决定自己上山旅行(两个大人和两个小孩,一个13岁,一个10岁)看看天空,以及远处的风景。菲利普和尚塔尔最受欢迎。他们花时间向我们解释所有的东西,从我们问“究竟什么是一光年”到气态构成了蓝星(新形成的,2万年前!)这样的问题。我们看到一颗将要“死”的红巨星,心大星,甚至设法要看看一个完全不同的星系仙女座,以及土星,火星和月球(相对较近)。我们发现这是一个非常有价值的体验,并会衷心地推荐给大家。是的,它在山上,所以慢慢开车上下山,绝对不可能迷路,因为无论你是来自佩基还是马克里盖罗斯,只有一条路可到达阿吉欧史芬尼。总之,我们竖起了大拇指!哦,是的,梅酒和葡萄酒的味道也很不错!十分感谢此次经历。
Sasteria位于Crete东南部的群山之中,离Ierapetra很近。这里没有任何光污染,晚上夜空澄净,非常适合天文爱好者夜观星象。天文馆附近有很好的住宿条件,山脚下沙滩边也有很好的酒店。附近还有很多好餐厅,可以尽享希腊美食。我来过Sasteria好几次,而且使用过高倍天文望远镜。我很期待不久再来这里。
We bought a small telescope over a year ago and with one thing and another hadn't got around to using it. On holiday in Crete we booked the 2 hour private session. Filip was marvellous, his English is perfect and he is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. Knowing we had a telescope he got one out the same size as ours so we would have a better understanding of how it all worked, the various lenses and so on. We then could compare that with the view from that with the somewhat larger one he uses.On our night we could see Saturn and Mars whilst the moon was amazing especially with the various filters used. Filip could explain the size of the features we were seeing so we could get a better understanding. Then it was off to see various things in deep space. For us it was a very interesting evening and Filip if you read this, now the evenings are darker in the uk we are making use of our telescope. I really would recommend this as something a little different even if you don't have a direct interest in astronomy I don't see how you couldn't have an enjoyable evening under the stars.I didn't find Filip's web site directions to their home that great (not helped by a new road without signs that pretends it isn't open but is). Before leaving the uk I saved maps of the area on my phone and then switched the gps on so I could see where I was (so no phone bills). On that I could locate the village and once there not too hard to find them. There is a quick route and a slow route. The quick route is very steep, blind u bends, often single track. The slow route takes a bit longer but isn't at all scary, your choice.It was a great evening and if in that part of Crete we'd go again.
My boyfriend and I thought a private stargazing experience would be interesting.It was amazing and beautiful and awe inspiring.Filip is highly knowledgeable and enthusiastic and friendly.I absolutely recommend this