ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
Phaistos - Archaeological site
Phaestus (Phestos or Festos) was a Minoan city on Crete, the ruins of which are located 55km south of Heraklion. The city was a...
Daedalus and Icarus
In Agia Galini is also the cave of Daedalus, where according to myth, Daedalus hid himself whilst being pursued by king Minos a...
Gortina
Gortina or Gortis was an ancient city of Crete and was the capital during the Roman era. Nowadays is a beautiful archaeological...
Heraklion Archaeological Museum
The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is one of the largest and most important museums in Greece, and among the most important mu...
Archaeological site of Komos
This Minoan city was one of the two ports of Phaistos. This small in size but also important archaeological site is located nex...
Agia Triada
The Royal Villa or the small Minoan Palace of Agia Triada (Holy Trinity) as was named by the archaeologists who excavated the a...
Knossos Palace
The most important monuments of the site are: The Palace of Knossos. It is the largest of the preserved Minoan palatial centre...
Archeological museum of Messara
Visit the Messara museum with a wealth of finds from antiquity.
Ethnological museum of Voroi
The Museum of Cretan Ethnology is a museum in Voroi, in the municipal unit of Faistos, Heraklion regional unit, southern Crete,...