Archaeological Museum of Ierapetra
The Archaeological Museum of Ierapetra has been working since 1986 in the Commercial Ottoman School in the center of the city. The exhibits concern the area and…
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Ierapetra
The awarded city for its wonderful beaches, Ierapetra, is the unique city in the southern Crete and the last city in the southern end of Europe. Ierapetra is about…
Lasithi Beaches Towns and villages
Fortress of Selinos
The ruins of the fortress of Selinos are on the Fortetza hill, in the south of Palaiochora of Chania. It is a rectangle fortress, as that of Ierapetra, Meramvelo…
Chania Fortresses
Ano Viannos
“Passers-by, when you go to Viannos, don’t walk on graves in order not to be burnt. Brothers were buried there that were fighting for freedom. They killed mothers,…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Tertsa
Tertsa is a small but picturesque coastal settlement, 90 kilometers in the south-east of Heraclion and 25 kilometers in the south of Ierapetra. The village is in…
Heraklion Beaches Towns and villages
Kato Simi
One of the most beautiful villages of the Viannos municipality, built in a very green area, is the Kato Simi village. Simi has the largest forest in the Heraclion…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Arvi
Arvi is a coastal settlement of the Viannos municipality, 80 kilometers from Heraklion and 35 kilometers from Ierapetra. The settlement is in front of a valley…
Heraklion Beaches Towns and villages
Milonas gorge
Milonas gorge is a place you must visit. The gorge is located betweet the settlements of Koutsounari and Ferma, in municipality of Ierapetra. The route is easy…
Lasithi Canyons
Minoan and Roman Mansions of Makris Gialos
A Minoan and a Roman mansion have been found in the south-eastern coastal Makris Gialos settlement of the Lasithi prefecture. The Minoan mansion was found in Plakakia.…
Lasithi Archaeological Areas
Gra Lygia
About 5 km west of Ierapetra and 39 km south of Agios Nikolaos, we find the seaside village of Gra Lygia, famous for the fertile valley in which locals grow in…
Lasithi Beaches Towns and villages
The beautiful Agia Fotia beach is in the southern side of the Lasithi prefecture, about 12 kilometres from Ierapetra and 45 kilometres from Agios Nikolaos. The…
Lasithi Beaches Towns and villages
Cha climbing spot
The Cha gorge of the Ierapetra municipality and Lasithi prefecture has about 25 descents, slides and jumps. Water dominates and creates many waterfalls and places…
Lasithi Climbing
Gorge of Sarakina
The gorge of Sarakina or Sarantapichos starts from the Mithoi settlement of Ierapetra and ends to the coastal Mirtos settlement. Its entrance is about 16 kilometers…
Lasithi Canyons
Mirtos
Mirtos is a picturesque and tourist coastal settlement of the Lasithi prefecture. It is built near the banks of the Krios River, close to the exit of the imposing…
Lasithi Beaches Towns and villages
Makris Gialos
Makris Gialos is a small coastal settlement 24 kilometers in the east of Ierapetra, 35 kilometers in the west of Siteia and 60 kilometers from Agios Nikolaos. Makris…
Lasithi Archaeological Areas Beaches Towns and villages
Kales fortress
The Venetian Kales fortress is in the southern part of the Ierapetra port. It possibly began to be built in 1212 by the Genovese pirate Pescatore. The first written…
