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Episkopi Pediados

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A former bishop's seat with a Byzantine church.

Episkopi Pediados lies on a hillside in the Pediada area, south-east of Heraklion. Its name means episcopal seat, as it was the seat of a bishop from the 10th century.

The village is home to the church of Panagia Kera Limniotissa, an 11th century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture. The Agarathos monastery, one of the oldest in Crete, is nearby. The village is quiet, with narrow lanes and old houses.

Archanes-Asterousia stretches from the wine villages south of Heraklion, like Archanes and Peza, down to the wild Asterousia mountains and the Libyan Sea. Mount Giouchtas, which looks like the profile of Zeus, rises above Archanes, and the area is rich in Minoan sites. Further south, the Asterousia hide monasteries, gorges and remote beaches such as Treis Ekklisies and Tsoutsouros. The wineries of the Peza area are open for tastings.

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Πλησιέστερη πόλη: Heraklion, περίπου 16 χλμ. οδικώς
Πλησιέστερο αεροδρόμιο: Heraklion airport (HER), περίπου 14 χλμ. οδικώς

Heraklion is the heart of Minoan Crete and the island’s busiest region. Knossos and the Heraklion Archaeological Museum are the two places almost everyone visits, and they work well together on one day. In the south, the wide Messara plain holds the palace of Phaistos, the Roman ruins of Gortyna and the famous caves above the bay of Matala. Περισσότερα για Ηράκλειο