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Kremasta Monastery
A monastery that seems to hang from the hillside.
Kirchen & Klöster · Agios Nikolaos
Geschichte & Kultur
Minoan palaces, museums, monasteries, castles
Crete was the centre of the Minoan civilisation, Europe’s first advanced Bronze Age culture, and later ruled by Romans, Byzantines, Venetians and Ottomans. You can walk through Minoan palaces in the morning, a Venetian harbour at lunchtime and a monastery that symbolises Cretan independence in the afternoon.
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Areti Monastery
A secluded monastery near Elounda.
Kirchen & Klöster · Agios Nikolaos
Geheimtipp
Faneromeni Monastery (Ierapetra)
A monastery overlooking the sea.
Kirchen & Klöster · Agios Nikolaos
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Rodanthi Museum
Natural history in Kritsa.
Museen · Agios Nikolaos
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Kritsotopoula Museum
The home of a resistance heroine.
Museen · Agios Nikolaos
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Folklore Museum of Agios Nikolaos
Embroidery by the lake.
Museen · Agios Nikolaos
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Vrachasi Folk House
A traditional home in Vrachasi.
Museen · Agios Nikolaos