Axos

About

An old village with an ancient past.

Axos is a village on the road from Rethymno to Anogia, built on the site of the ancient city of Axos. The ancient city was important in antiquity and minted its own coins.

The village has several Byzantine churches with frescoes, and ruins of the ancient city on the hill.

Ancient Axos was a city on the slopes of Mount Ida, with its harbour at Astale on the coast. Remains from the Late Minoan period and later have been found southeast of the modern village, at about 600 m. The village has several Byzantine churches with frescoes. It's on the road from Rethymno to Anogia.

Anogia is a proud mountain village on the slopes of Psiloritis, famous for its musicians, weavers and shepherds. The area around it is high and wild, with the Nida plateau, the Ideon cave where Zeus grew up and the path to the highest peak of Crete. Life here follows old traditions, and the food is hearty: lamb cooked over wood, local cheeses and wild greens. Come for the music, the views and the mountain air.

Getting there

About 16 km from Bali by road.

On the map

35.30800, 24.84100 · See on map

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