This is one of the most beautiful gorges in the world. It is 18 km in length and takes 6 – 8 hours to walk through it. It is located in Lefka Ori massif. Samaria Gorge begins from Omalos plateau and ends down to Agia Roumeli, on the Libyan Sea.

The capital of Minoan Crete, the most ancient town in Europe, is situated 5 km south of Heraklion. The archaeological museum of Heraklion is the second largest museum in Greece.

This is the second great Minoan town in Crete with its palace, town quarters and cemeteries. It was built on the hill of Phaistos, overlooking the Messara plain, with magnificent view in every direction.

The majority of archaeological site and monuments of Lassithi is something unique and rarely someone can meet it in other prefectures. Lasithi plateau is the largest plateau of Crete and it lies in the heart of the mountainous range of Dikti.

The small island – fortress, a true castle – tower, Spinalonga protects the natural anchorage of Elounda. The castle due to its strategic position was held by the Venetians for 50 years.

Rethymno is the capital of the municipality of Rethymno and it has a long and eventful history since Minoan Times until today. It is the third city of Crete in population.

Chania is the capital of the homonymous western prefecture of Crete and of the province of Kydonia and the second town in the island in terms of population.

It is the modern capital of Lasithi, which was a small village in the last century, but the last decades it was developed into an urban and touristic centre.

It lies 8 miles away from Ierapetra’s coasts, in the Libyan Sea. Chrissi is almost flat with colorful volcanic rocks covered in gold sand, shells and sand dunes. It is 5 km long and has an average width of 1 km and an average height of 10 m.