About The Area
Agios Nikolaos
Surrounded by water on three sides, Agios Nikolaos combines the sleepy feel of a seaside resort with all the amenities of a cosmopolitan port. Villas and tavernas spill over the town’s three hills to meet a harbor dotted with both mega-yachts and fishing boats.
Spinalonga
The island of Spinalonga (official name: Kalidon) is located at the eastern section of Crete, near the town of Elounda and 30 km away from Sisi. The name of the island, Spinalonga, is Venetian, meaning “long thorn”, and has roots in the period of Venetian occupation.
Heraklion Archaeological Museum
You will have the opportunity to feel the experience of one of the greatest museums in Greece and the best museum in the world for Minoan world. The museum's exhibition contains more than 15,000 artifacts that refer to a period of 5,000 years, from neolithic times to Graeco Roman world. The exhibits, collected from all parts of Crete, are mainly prehistoric and shape a very important record of the artistic, economic & everyday life of the island during the ancient period.
Palace of Malia
The palace found at Malia is the third largest palace of Minoan Crete after Knossos and Phaistos. It occupies 7500 square meters at the edge of a fertile valley near Hersonissos in Northern Crete. The palace's proximity to the sea was obviously important in the development of the site into a cultural hub for its ancient inhabitants. It was first built around 1900 BC, a time of feverish development for the entire island population. It subsequently followed the same cycle as the other palaces of the time, and it was destroyed by unknown reasons around 1650 before it was immediately rebuilt.
