The Herakleion Archaeological Museum is one of the largest and most important museums in Greece, and among the most important museums in Europe. It houses representative artefacts from all the periods of Cretan prehistory and history, covering a chronological span of over 5,500 years from the Neolithic period to Roman times.

The singularly important Minoan collection contains unique examples of Minoan art, many of them true masterpieces. The Herakleion Museum is rightly considered as the museum of Minoan culture par excellence worldwide.

The museum, located in the town centre, was built between 1937 and 1940 by architect Patroklos Karantinos on a site previously occupied by the Roman Catholic monastery of Saint-Francis which was destroyed by earthquake in 1856. The museum's antiseismic building is an important example of modernist architecture and was awarded a Bauhaus commendation. Karantinos applied the principles of modern architecture to the specific needs of a museum by providing good lighting from the skylights above and along the top of the walls, and facilitating the easy flow of large groups of people. He also anticipated future extensions to the museum.

The colours and construction materials, such as the veined polychrome marbles, recall certain Minoan wall-paintings which imitate marble revetment. The two-storeyed building has large exhibition spaces, laboratories, a drawing room, a library, offices and a special department, the so-called Scientific Collection, where numerous finds are stored and studied. The museum shop, run by the Archaeological Receipts Fund, sells museum copies, books, postcards and slides. There is also a cafe.

Agiofarago Canyon is located in south of Odigitria Monastery is very scenic and accessed only on foot. Its name indicates that it was used by many hermits who stayed here because of the isolation of the area.

Le monastère a été fondé dans un paysage luxuriant, possède un jardin debuté au 16ème/17ème siècle et jouit d’ une longue et riche histoire.

De nos jours le monastère est inhabité cependant un musée est en fonction présentant des documents religieux, des vêtements sacerdotaux etc. Après avoit fini la visite du monastère, on peut marcher jusqu’ à la superbe plage voisine de Preveli.

L’ antique capitale de l’ ile, Knossos, est sans doute l’ un de trois sites archéologiques les plus importants de Grèce avec Athènes et Delphes. Le palais de Knossos constituait le centre politique, religieux, militaire, commercial et administratif de l’ ile à l’ époque minoenne et son état de conservartion est exceptionnel. À visiter absolument.

Un village de bord de mer avec une grande plage organisée avec des parasols et des transats. On pourra y trouver aussi un petit port avec des restaurants et de cafés.

Une plage sublime organisée à côté de la forteresse homonyme. On peut profiter de la plage quand il n’ y pas de vents forts. Il y a quelques tavernes autour de la forteresse. Pour accéder à la plage il faut suivre un trajet assez difficile mais d’ une grande beauté.