PORT · KAZARMA · MUSEUM
Sitia →
A port city as a starting point for the east: look from the waterfront at the fortress and from museum objects back to the landscape.
Atlas →DISCOVER · CONNECT · STORE
Place guides of East Crete
Five extensive entrances to the island. Save a place and connect history, landscape, stories, food and language.
PALACE · WATER · GORGE
Zakros & Kato Zakros →
Two places and one landscape: the higher Zakros, the gorge and the coast at Kato Zakros. Connect spring water and archaeology.
Atlas →SETTLEMENT · COASTAL · CRAFT
Palekastro / Palaikastro →
A base between archaeology and coastal landscape. The writings Palekastro and Palaikastro refer to the same place.
Atlas →SEA · ISLAND · ARCHAEOLOGY
Mochlos →
A coastal town where the other side seems close. Look at the relationship between contemporary village, water and archaeological landscape.
Atlas →SOUTH COAST · FORTRESS · OLD TOWN
Ierapetra →
The south coast as another perspective on East Crete: port, old streets and a connection to the northern hinterland.
Atlas →My saved places
Open my travel book →NEW · 43 CHAPTERS · FOUR DESTINATIONS
From Crete to the mountains of the mainland →
Volos, Ierapetra, Milies and Olympus. Read about harbour cities, education, railway lines, local flavors, gods stories and mountain landscapes.
NEW · AN ENTIRE NATURE DEPARTMENT
Living Crete →
60 plant and animal portraits, eight habitats and 44 in-depth chapters, from olive tree and oleander to lamb vulture, sea turtle and small life between the stones.
GEOGRAPHY · EAST-KRETA
Pefki caves →
Vreiko and Apoloustress: Discover their underground landscape and history, with regional map and practical visit information.