Milatos cavern
The Milatos cavern is a few kilometres in the north-east of the Milatos settlement of Agios Nikolaos, in the Lasithi prefecture. A memorial of the thousands of…
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Ancient Lato
The ancient Lato city was about 3 kilometers in the north of Kritsa of the Agios Nikolaos municipality, in Lasithi. It was protected due to its geographical position…
Lasithi Archaeological Areas
The great loves of island
A despot in the people’s hearts… Yes, that is love! It tears your heart out and leads it to unknown and dark paths that any logical person would not dare to follow.…
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Cretan wines
“The wine makes the poor rich in imagination and the rich poor in reality” Plato The wine in Crete has been produced since the Minoan Years. The Minoans cultivated…
Crete Products
Pefkos
The Pefkos village is on the southern foot of the Psari Madara hill of the Dikti Mountain, 2141 meters above the sea level and 10 kilometers from Ano Viannos. Pefkos…
Heraklion 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
Natural History Museum of Heraklion
The Natural History Museum works under the framework of the University of Crete and is on the Sofoklis Venizelos coastal Street. The exhibition of the museum is…
Heraklion Natural History Museums
Damasta
The mountain village of Damasta is about 27 kilometers from Heraclion and under the Malevizi municipality. Damasta is built on the northern sides of the Koiti hill,…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Monastery of Varsamoneri
The monastery of Varsamoneri is one of the oldest monasteries in Crete, as it is from the first years of the Venetian occupation. The temple (with 3 aisles) dedicated…
Heraklion Monasteries
Charaki
Charaki is about 35 kilometers from Heraclion and 350 meters above the sea level. Administratively, the village is under the Archanes-Asterousia municipality and…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Kalivia
The picturesque village is on the top of a hillock next to the Anapodaris river and 240 meters above the sea level. Administratively it falls under the Archanes-…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Damania
The small settlement of Damania is about 35 kilometers from Heraclion, built in the Southeastern sides of Ofis hummock and 420 meters above the sea level in the…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Minoan Palace of Zakros
The Minoan Palace of Zakros is the fourth largest ancient palace in Crete after those of Knosos, Festos and Malia. It is 500 meters from Kato Zakros, 8 kilometers…
Lasithi Archaeological Areas
Kritsa
The picturesque and beautiful Kritsa village with important archaeological findings is in the Agios Nikolaos municipality of the Lasithi prefecture. The village…
Lasithi Towns and villages
Agios Nikolaos
Agios NIkolaos, the beautiful capital of the Lasithi prefecture, is in the west side of the Meramvelo peninsula. The Voulismeni Lake in the center of the city is…
