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Colors in the ruins. And suddenly, they are brought back to life!|Noble house of Bey Shekeria|Palmeti fountain next to a "paste-up"|Ntentidakidon street|19th century architecture at Mavrogenous str.|The old hamam in Bey Shekeria noble house|The small lane you have to take in order to get to noble house of Bey Shekeria

A walk in Agia Triada

Just a few steps away from the busy central market of Heraklion there is another city center, forgotten and ignored by the state authorities for…

A walk on the Venetian walls of Heraklion

Published in "City Routes"

The Venetian walls of Heraklion surround the old city, Chandax. What most people don’t know (including locals) is that these walls constitute the largest fortification…

Agia Ekaterini as a modern museum|||||||||

Agia Ekaterini Museum (St. Catherine)

Published in "What to see"

Basilica of St. Marco or Municipal Gallery

Basilica of St. Mark (Municipal Gallery)

Published in "What to see"

Bembo Fountain & The Turkish Sebil

Published in "What to see"

Romana Portela with its impressive arch|Panagia Koumpelina, recently renovated|The beautiful setting of Choumeriako||Anaglyph from the fountain of Agios Georgios|Outdoor recycled art, by the residents!|In the interior of Romana Portela||

Choumeriako, the village of the three hills and nineteen churches

Published in "Villages"

City Walls – Venetian Gates

Published in "What to see"

Photo by R. Behaeddin, shot in the times of the Cretan State

Gate of Agios Georgios

Published in "Once upon a time..."

Gramvoussa

Published in "Beaches"

The sleepless guard of Heraklion|||The wooden ramp ensures wheelchair access to the monument|The canons of La Therese|||The view through the Gate of the Galleys|

Koules: renovated and open again!

Published in "What to see"

Loggia

Published in "What to see"

Maroulas

Published in "Villages"

Maroulas is not adequately advertised but it is a real time machine that takes you back to the Middle Ages, Renaissance and the Ottoman Empire,…

Morosini Fountain (liontaria)

Published in "What to see"

Morosini fountain after the Turkish 'intervention'

Morosini Fountain behind bars

Published in "Once upon a time..."

Haunted ruins hidden under a curtain of ivies||||||||

Springtime at the gorge of the mills

Published in "Island Routes"

Or, how to discover a small paradise, hidden just a few kilometers outside the town of Rethymnon

The lost temple of the Conqueror

Published in "Once upon a time..."

|The inside of the temple is impressive||What remains of the old frescoes||

The Temple of Petros & Pavlos (Peter and Paul)

Published in "What to see"

Across the fortress of Koules, there used to be another "Small Koules"||

Venetian Harbour: the Fortress of “Koules” & “Neoria” (Arsenals)

Published in "What to see"

The medieval village of Voila flourished during the15th-19th century|||The Ottoman Gate of the tower|Almost intact, the interior of the house|And in the horizon, wind generators...|The chapel of Agios Georgios|The fresco over the tomb|

Voila, the Medieval habitat of Cretan lords

Published in "Crete 360°"

When you cross the rural settlements of otherworldly Ziros Plateau, it is hard to imagine that once upon a time here lived Venetian lords and…

Ziros Plateau - Into the time machine

Published in "Island Routes"

Lassithi is one of the less travelled and yet most beautiful regions of Crete (perhaps exactly because it is less travelled!) and the Plateau of…