Preveli Monastery
A historic monastery above the Libyan Sea.
Churches & monasteries · Agios Vasileios
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.
Hidden gem
Antifonitria Monastery
An old monastery with frescoes in Myriokefala.
Churches & monasteries · Agios Vasileios
Hidden gem
Agios Nikolaos in Kotsifou Gorge
A tiny church in a rock.
Churches & monasteries · Agios Vasileios
Hidden gem
Georgoulakis Museum
A priest's collection in Asomatos.
Museums · Agios Vasileios
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