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Tour of the city of Herakleio
 | Although Herakleio has been destroyed and then rebuilt many times in the course of its history, it still has a good number of monuments and sights which are worth seeing. It consists of the Old Town, enclosed by the Venetian walls, and the New Town which has spread outside of these. The walls form a [...] |
Tour of the Town of Chania
Chania consists of the Old and the New Towns, which blend into a harmonious whole. The Old Town is the historic centre of the city, and all its building are scheduled for preservation. There are five quarters, without any distinct dividing lines between them: Top Hana (or Topanas), Ovriaki, Syntrivani, Splantza (Plaza) and Kastelli. Narrow [...] |
Rethymno – Vrysinas – Amari valley – Ayia Galini – Spili
For this route, we head out of Rethymno the direction of Herakleio. When we reach the village of Perivolia, we bear right for Amari. The main road winds up into the mountains, through Prases (a charming village with many Venetian houses), Potami with its fertile fields, Apostoli and Ayia Foteini. From here, a turning to [...] |
Rethymno – Perama – Anoyeia – the Idaean Cave – the Melidoni Cave
Now we must take the old main road in the direction of Herakleio. First, we come to Perama, chief town of the sub prefecture of Mylopotamos. Here we can turn south to visit Margarites, the village where the famous storage jars are made in the ancient style, and Eleftherna, which occupies the site of an [...] |
Rethymno – Kourtaliotiko Gorge – Preveli Monastery – Damioni – Plakias -Myrthios – Rodakino – Kotsyfou Gorge
We complete our tour of the western part of the Prefecture of Rethymno by leaving the town in a southerly direction, towards the hinterland. After driving through olives groves and oak forests we reach Armeni, at an altitude of 380m. In the vicinity, 167 shaft tombs hewn out of the rock have been found. After [...] |
Rethymno – Asi Gonia – Myriokefala
From Rethymno, We take the old main (‘national’) road towards Chania, coming to the village of Atsitopoulo and then to Prines, with an interesting church of St. Nicholas. After 16 km. along the road we can turn left to visit the village of Ayios Konstantinos, with attractive villas and mansions which have been the summer [...] |
Rethymno – Arkadi Monastery
 | Among the important sites near Rethymno is the Arkadi Monastery, a sacred symbol of liberty. It Stands 22 km. along the road from Rethymno to Herakleio, on the edge of a fertile plateau, with a view to the hills behind and down the sea. The inaccessibility of the site on which the monastery stands combined [...] |
Chania – Therisos
We leave Chania in a westerly direction, for Kissamos, and soon come to a turning (left) through the village of Perivolia to heroic Therisos. Part of our route leads through the imposing Therisos gorge or gorge of Eleftherios Venizelos, 6km in length. Two kilometers before we enter the village is the Kato Sarakina or Elliniko [...] |
Chania – Platanias – Maleme – Tavronitis – Voukolies – Kantanos – Kakodiki – Palaiochora; return from Souyia via Rodovani – Temenia – Maralia – Epanochori – Ayia Eirini – Prases – Skines – Alikianos – Part 2
In Palaiochora, we should not omit to visit Gavdiotika, the old part of the town, built with narrow alleys by fishermen from Gavdos, beneath a hill on which are the ruins of a Venetian castle. There is an interesting Historical Museum in the town, with important exhibits from the period around the War of Independence. [...] |
Chania – Platanias – Maleme – Tavronitis – Voukolies – Kantanos – Kakodiki – Palaiochora; return from Souyia via Rodovani – Temenia – Maralia – Epanochori – Ayia Eirini – Prases – Skines – Alikianos – Part 1
We leave Chania in a westerly direction for Kissamos, and come first to the seaside village of Ayii Apostoli. A diversion from our route here will take us to Galatas, famous as a scene of heroism and self-sacrifice during the fighting of the Second World War. The area is densely vegetated and has many streams; [...] |