It starts from the Lassithi plateau, at the North-West corner of the road around the plateau, a point near Kato Metochi. It is situated about 35km in a straight line to the South-East of Iraklio (55 km by normal road via Malia) or 20km in a straight line to the West of Agios Nikolaos (55 km by normal road via Neapoli). The plateau is a really nice place about 800m above the sea level, it is worth visiting as a place on its own. There is plenty of information about it on the net, so just Google for it :-)
The trail ends near Kastamonitsa, 45km from Iraklio via Chersonissos and Kastelli (advised itinerary to drive back, otherwise some GPS will route you back using other offroad tracks... Which is maybe not a bad idea, after all :-)).
I admit I didn't spend much time there but it's much less touristic so it's probably really representative of today's life in Crete.
It took me about 1h30 to drive the track itself, but I spent most of the time taking pictures rather than driving :-)
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