1. Phestos
(Places to visit on Crete/Archaeological sites on Crete)

...n 1700 BC several of the rooms from the old palace were retained in the new building, and archaeologists today have excavated several areas of the new palace to reveal the older structures below. The ...

2. Knossos
(Places to visit on Crete/Archaeological sites on Crete)

...emonial and political center of the Minoan civilization and culture. It is a popular tourist destination today, as it is near the main city of Heraklion and has been substantially if imaginatively &qu...

3. Chania
(Crete/Articles)

...reeks called Cydonia. Some important evidence for the existence of this Minoan city below some parts of today's Chania was found by excavations in the district of Kasteli in the Old Town.  T...

4. Fragokastelo Castle
(Places to visit on Crete/Traditional sites to visit on Crete)

...e is rather particular due to its square form with a tower on each corner. It is in a rather good state. Today its ruins dominate the underlying lagoon of crystal clear blue waters.    There...

5. Rethymno
(Crete/Articles)

...e an intermediate commercial station between Heraklion and Chania acquiring its own bishop and nobility. Today's old town is one of the best preserved old towns in Crete and it's almost entire...

6. Crete Music
(Crete/Articles)

...d of tyranny and poverty. In the 1810s, Georgios the Cretan helped to revive Byzantine music traditions. Today, most cretan songs & music have as their root, strong Turkish influences and modern c...

7. Maritime Museum of Crete
(Places to visit on Crete/Museums of Crete)

...ens of Crete set the foundings of the Museum , where the next generation builded the institution you see today. The MMC is supported by the Greek Navy and functions with the solidarity of the Municip...

8. Archaeological museum of Heraklion
(Places to visit on Crete/Museums of Crete)

...as added and the arrangement of the exhibits was completed by the Director, St. Alexiou. Thus the museum today has twenty rooms in all, containing artefacts from the palaces, houses, tombs and caves i...

9. Lassithi traditional windmills
(Places to visit on Crete/Traditional sites to visit on Crete)

... Crete. It occupies the northern entrance to the Lasithi plateau and is the landmark of the whole area. Today 24 windmills are preserved (out of the original 26), 7 of which extend to the south of th...

10. Crete olive oil
(Cretan diet recipes/Cretan Recipes)

... the olive tree and its oil, have all culminated in a spectacular improvement in the level of quality! Today, over 95% of the olive oil produced in Crete belongs to the highest category of quality l...

11. Aptera
(Places to visit on Crete/Archaeological sites on Crete)

...od is dated the vaulted structure that has three conches. The theatre of the city is hardly recognisable today. Based on inscription, we may assume that in the city there was a temple of the goddess E...

12. Museums of Crete
(Static Content)

...m Crete until 1937, when the construction of the modern, antiseismic building was begun. Thus the museum today has twenty rooms in all, containing artefacts from the palaces, houses, tombs and caves i...