Knossos is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete island and has been called Europe's oldest city. The set ...
The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is one of the greatest museums in Greece and the best in the world for Minoan art, as ...
The 'Castello a Mare' is a fortress located at the entrance of the old port of Heraklion, Crete. It was built by ...
Spinalonga is a barren, arid rocky islet lying in the mouth of the natural harbour of Elounda. The islet was fortified in ant ...
The Fortezza (fortress) is the citadel of the city of Rethymno in Crete. It is built on a hill which was the site of ...
Arkadi Monatery is perhaps the best known monastery on Crete due to the Holocaust of 1866. However, its location and impres ...
Phaistos is an Bronze Age archaeological site at modern Phaistos, a municipality in south central Crete. The was the sec ...
Agia Triada (Holy Trinity) Orthodox Monastery was built in the 17th century by two brothers of the Venetian Zangaroli family ...
Gortyn or Gortys was a city that flourished particularly during the Roman era. It was the capital of the Roman province of C ...
Frangokastello castle was built by the Venetians in 1371-74 as a garrison to impose order on the rebellious Sfakia regio ...
Preveli Monastery comprises two main building complexes, the ruined Lower Monastery of St. John the Baptist, and the current ...
Aptera was an ancient city, now an archaeological site in western Crete, a kilometre inland from the southern shore of Soud ...
The fort at Imeri Gramvousa island was built between 1579 and 1584 during Venetian rule over Crete to defend the island from ...
To the east of the modern resort is the Minoan Palace of Malia. This is the third-largest Minoan palace in Crete, built in a ...
Toplou monastery is one of the most significant monasteries in Crete, dedicated to Virgin Mary and St. John the Theologian. ...
Zakros contains ruins from the Minoan civilization. The site is often known to archaeologists as Zakro or Kato Zakro. It ...
Lato was an ancient city of Crete, the ruins of which are located approximately 3 km from the small town of Kritsa. The Do ...
Gonia is an Orthodox monastery located on the coast of the south-east Rodopos peninsula in Crete, overlooking the Gulf o ...
The Late Minoan town of Gournia was excavated by Harriet Boyd in the first years of the 20th century. The original name of th ...
Epanosifis (Upper Sifis) is one of the largest and richest monasteries on Crete. It flourished during the era of Ottoma ...