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Ancient Sites
Here are hosted the tomb and the relics of Saint Miron the Cretan, which are said to smell of myrrh, and below the imposing teble there its hermitage that has been transformed into a chapel! In the hermitage still flows holy water that is said to have appeared after a prayer to save the people of Rafkos from water scarcity. For the faithful the space is an oasis of spiritual uplift.
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Agios Myron, Heraklion
Here are hosted the tomb and the relics of Saint Miron the Cretan, which are said to smell of myrrh, and below the imposing teble there its hermitage that has been transformed into a chapel! In the hermitage still flows holy water that is said to have appeared after a prayer to save the people of Rafkos from water scarcity. For the faithful the space is an oasis of spiritual uplift.
Visiting the archaeological site of Knossos is definitely one of the most interesting things to do on Crete.
The centre of Minoan civilisation and capital of Minoan Crete lay 5km south of Heraklion.
The numerous finds from the palace, all of exceptionally high quality art, pottery, vessels, figurines, the archive of Linear B tablets, and the original wall-paintings, are all housed in Herakleion Museum.
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Knossos
Visiting the archaeological site of Knossos is definitely one of the most interesting things to do on Crete.
The centre of Minoan civilisation and capital of Minoan Crete lay 5km south of Heraklion.
The numerous finds from the palace, all of exceptionally high quality art, pottery, vessels, figurines, the archive of Linear B tablets, and the original wall-paintings, are all housed in Herakleion Museum.
Iraklio's main landmarkis this squat and square 16th century fortress, which was called Rocca al Mare under the Venetians. It helped keep the Turks out for 21 years and later became a Turkish prison for Cretan rebels. Three walls sport marble reliefs of Venice's symbol: the winged Lion of St Mark.
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Rocca a Mare Fortress
Iraklio's main landmarkis this squat and square 16th century fortress, which was called Rocca al Mare under the Venetians. It helped keep the Turks out for 21 years and later became a Turkish prison for Cretan rebels. Three walls sport marble reliefs of Venice's symbol: the winged Lion of St Mark.
Beaches
Komos Beach
The hippies of the '60s and '70s found their paradise in these caves, when they visited and stayed in Matala.
Πηγή: ⭐ Travel Guide for Island Crete ⛵, Greece❗ - Matala beach cretanbeaches.com
https://www.cretanbeaches.com/en/sea-tourism/central-crete-beaches-heraklion/matala-beach
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Matala beach
The hippies of the '60s and '70s found their paradise in these caves, when they visited and stayed in Matala.
Πηγή: ⭐ Travel Guide for Island Crete ⛵, Greece❗ - Matala beach cretanbeaches.com
https://www.cretanbeaches.com/en/sea-tourism/central-crete-beaches-heraklion/matala-beach
Φαγητό
Γυναικείος Συνεταιρισμός Μελισσάνθη
Eparchiaki Odos Agias Varvaras - Agios MironaIt is in the village square and you can find traditional sweets.
Monastery
The monastery of Saint George Gorgolainis is located at an altitude of 480m, next to the village Asites, 24km south of Heraklion. It is built at a lush green area with huge platan, cypress and oak trees. Indeed, one platan and one cypress tree inside the complex have been declared as protected natural monuments by law.
The monastery, one of the oldest in Crete, has survived from several attacks during the Turkish occupation, as it housed the rebels of the area. Some of them were the chieftains Michael Korakas and Fragias Mastrahas, two very famous heroes throughout Crete. Inside the monastery you will see the statue and the tomb of Mastrahas, who was killed in 1868 while fighting against the Turks in Asites.
Πηγή: ⭐ Travel Guide for Island Crete ⛵, Greece❗ - Saint George Gorgolainis Monastery cretanbeaches.com
https://www.cretanbeaches.com/en/religious-monuments-on-crete/monasteries-in-crete/saint-george-gorgolainis-monastery-asites
Monastery of St. George Gorgolaini
The monastery of Saint George Gorgolainis is located at an altitude of 480m, next to the village Asites, 24km south of Heraklion. It is built at a lush green area with huge platan, cypress and oak trees. Indeed, one platan and one cypress tree inside the complex have been declared as protected natural monuments by law.
The monastery, one of the oldest in Crete, has survived from several attacks during the Turkish occupation, as it housed the rebels of the area. Some of them were the chieftains Michael Korakas and Fragias Mastrahas, two very famous heroes throughout Crete. Inside the monastery you will see the statue and the tomb of Mastrahas, who was killed in 1868 while fighting against the Turks in Asites.
Πηγή: ⭐ Travel Guide for Island Crete ⛵, Greece❗ - Saint George Gorgolainis Monastery cretanbeaches.com
https://www.cretanbeaches.com/en/religious-monuments-on-crete/monasteries-in-crete/saint-george-gorgolainis-monastery-asites
Αξιοθέατα
The Lions in Heraklion is the square of the Fontana Morosini, the ornate Venetian fountain with four lions with water gushing from their mouths. The Fontana Morosini is in Eleftheriou Venizelou Square in the centre of Heraklion, but the inhabitants of the city never use the official name, usually referring to it as the Lions Square or the Lions for short.
The fountain with the lions is one of the most important monuments the Venetians bestowed on Heraklion. When it was built, it offered a solution to the problem of supplying Heraklion with water, providing 1,000 barrels of water a day.
Everyone who has grown up in Heraklion knows that the square of the Morosini Fountain is the Lions Square.
Eleftheriou Venizelou Square (Lions Square) is one of the busiest parts of Heraklion. It is never quiet, unfolding its various aspects 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This is where travellers who arrive in Heraklion by ferry at dawn come for a bougatsa cream pie, while they wait for the city to wake up. Later, through the course of the day thousands of locals and tourists will cross the square, stare at the fountain, check out the shops, sit at a café, eat something quick, or visit an exhibition in the Basilica of St Mark.
As night falls, the Lions Square becomes the rendezvous point for groups of young people ready for a night on the town. The same groups will end up at the souvlaki shops and other fast-food joints after midnight, to settle their alcohol-filled stomachs with something on the hoof. Winter and summer, in hot or cold weather, the bustle of the square never stops.
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Morosini Lions Fountain
Platia Eleftheriou VenizelouThe Lions in Heraklion is the square of the Fontana Morosini, the ornate Venetian fountain with four lions with water gushing from their mouths. The Fontana Morosini is in Eleftheriou Venizelou Square in the centre of Heraklion, but the inhabitants of the city never use the official name, usually referring to it as the Lions Square or the Lions for short.
The fountain with the lions is one of the most important monuments the Venetians bestowed on Heraklion. When it was built, it offered a solution to the problem of supplying Heraklion with water, providing 1,000 barrels of water a day.
Everyone who has grown up in Heraklion knows that the square of the Morosini Fountain is the Lions Square.
Eleftheriou Venizelou Square (Lions Square) is one of the busiest parts of Heraklion. It is never quiet, unfolding its various aspects 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This is where travellers who arrive in Heraklion by ferry at dawn come for a bougatsa cream pie, while they wait for the city to wake up. Later, through the course of the day thousands of locals and tourists will cross the square, stare at the fountain, check out the shops, sit at a café, eat something quick, or visit an exhibition in the Basilica of St Mark.
As night falls, the Lions Square becomes the rendezvous point for groups of young people ready for a night on the town. The same groups will end up at the souvlaki shops and other fast-food joints after midnight, to settle their alcohol-filled stomachs with something on the hoof. Winter and summer, in hot or cold weather, the bustle of the square never stops.
The magic of the seabed and the experience of "diving" in a world as familiar and unknown as the marine world of the Mediterranean, can not fit in just a few words...
for this reason you should visit it...!
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Cretaquarium - Thalassocosmos
The magic of the seabed and the experience of "diving" in a world as familiar and unknown as the marine world of the Mediterranean, can not fit in just a few words...
for this reason you should visit it...!
Shopping
Heraklion has the most extensive and sophisticated shopping in crete. Pedestrian dedalou and dikaiosinis are lined with mostly mainstream shops.
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Dedalou
DedalouHeraklion has the most extensive and sophisticated shopping in crete. Pedestrian dedalou and dikaiosinis are lined with mostly mainstream shops.