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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]