Nikos Kazantzakis Museum
The life of Crete's great writer, in Myrtia.
Museen · Archanes-Asterousia
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.
Epanosifis Monastery
One of the oldest and wealthiest monasteries in Crete.
Kirchen & Klöster · Archanes-Asterousia
Minos Winery Museum
Wine tasting and old presses in Peza.
Museen · Archanes-Asterousia
Mount Giouchtas
The mountain that looks like the face of Zeus.
Berge & Gipfel · Archanes-Asterousia
Anemospilia
Minoan temple on the north slope of Mount Giouchtas.
Ausgrabungsstätten · Archanes-Asterousia
Phourni Minoan cemetery
One of the largest Minoan cemeteries, just outside Archanes.
Ausgrabungsstätten · Archanes-Asterousia
Koudoumas Monastery
A monastery by the Libyan Sea.
Kirchen & Klöster · Archanes-Asterousia
Vathypetro Minoan Villa
A Minoan country estate with the oldest wine press in Europe.
Ausgrabungsstätten · Archanes-Asterousia
Geheimtipp
Paliani Monastery
A convent with a holy myrtle tree.
Kirchen & Klöster · Archanes-Asterousia