Arkadi Monastery
Symbol of Cretan resistance and the 1866 revolt against Ottoman rule.
Churches & monasteries · Rethymno
History & culture
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.
Rethymno Fortezza
Massive late-16th-century Venetian fortress crowning Rethymno’s old town.
Forts & castles · Rethymno
Preveli Monastery
A historic monastery above the Libyan Sea.
Churches & monasteries · Agios Vasileios
Ideon Cave
The cave where Zeus grew up.
Caves · Anogeia
Ancient Eleftherna
A Homeric city on a narrow ridge.
Archaeological sites · Rethymno
Egyptian Lighthouse of Rethymno
The lighthouse at the end of the Venetian harbour.
Forts & castles · Rethymno
Museum of Ancient Eleftherna
The finds of Eleftherna, beautifully shown.
Museums · Rethymno
Melidoni Cave
A cave with a tragic history.
Caves · Mylopotamos
Archaeological Museum of Rethymno
Finds from the Rethymno area.
Museums · Rethymno
Late Minoan Cemetery of Armeni
Over 230 rock-cut tombs in an oak forest.
Archaeological sites · Rethymno
Zominthos
Minoan building on a high plateau of Psiloritis, part of the UNESCO Minoan palatial centres.
Archaeological sites · Anogeia
Sybrita
Ancient city above the Amari valley, at Thronos.
Archaeological sites · Amari
Hidden gem
Historical and Folklore Museum of Rethymno
Crafts and daily life in a Venetian house.
Museums · Rethymno
Hidden gem
Arsani Monastery
A monastery near Stavromenos.
Churches & monasteries · Rethymno
Hidden gem
Antifonitria Monastery
An old monastery with frescoes in Myriokefala.
Churches & monasteries · Agios Vasileios
Hidden gem
Attali Monastery
A monastery with sea views near Bali.
Churches & monasteries · Mylopotamos
Hidden gem
Cretan Lyra Museum
A lyra workshop and small museum.
Museums · Rethymno
Hidden gem
Zoniana Wax Museum
Cretan history in wax figures.
Museums · Anogeia
Hidden gem
Military Museum of Chromonastiri
Military history in a Venetian villa.
Museums · Rethymno
Hidden gem
Church of the Four Martyrs
Rethymno's largest church.
Churches & monasteries · Rethymno
Hidden gem
Paleontological Museum
Fossils in an old mosque.
Museums · Rethymno
Hidden gem
Vossakos Monastery
A Venetian era monastery.
Churches & monasteries · Mylopotamos
Hidden gem
Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete
Modern Greek art in the old town.
Museums · Rethymno
Hidden gem
Asomaton Monastery
A monastery in the Amari valley.
Churches & monasteries · Amari
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