In Agia Galini is also the cave of Daedalus, where according to myth, Daedalus hid himself whilst being pursued by king Minos and together with his son Icarus, managed to fly to freedom using his self-built wings glued with wax

The rock that Daedalus and Icarus used as a base for their flight is located on the right side of the port facing the sea, still seeing them off on their doomed journey.

At this spot there are two statues, these of Daedalus and Icarus as they get prepared for their journey, which are easily accessible to the visitor.

La plage Agios Georgios se trouve au sud de la Crète, un peu plus loin de Agia Galini. C’est un endroit loin de la cohue et du bruit de la vie urbaine. Le long de la plage vierge aux eaux cristallines le rend un lieu idéal pour des vacances agréables.

Sur la route vers Agios Georgios, vous trouverez plusieurs chemins qui vous mènent à des petites chapelles ou à des petites plages de galets tranquilles et calmes.

La plage de Agios Georgios est assez éblouissante dû à son emplacement géographique. Elle est protégée par un immense rocher et renferme des eaux cristallines splendides ainsi que de tout petits cailloux.

Agios Georgios est considéré comme un point de départ idéal pour les excursions aux plages et aux villages de Agia Galini et Agios Pavlos respectivement à 8 et 10 km.

Depuis 1977, les clients de notre taverne savourent les plats Crétois traditionnels et jouissent de la vue spectaculaire de la mer de Lybie.

Si vous avez envie de déguster nos plats de poissons frais , homards vivants et les plats Crétois classiques, en se sentant à bord d'un bateau de croisière, vous n’avez qu'à nous visiter.

Notre taverne est en pleine conformité avec les normes les plus strictes en matière de sécurité alimentaire HACCP et ISO.

The holly grove of Rouvas is located 55km south of Heraklion and 16km north of Gergeri village, in one of the most rugged and secluded parts of Crete. This isolation is the main reason for its existence, since humans have fortunately not destroyed that like all the other lost forests of Crete.

Rouvas forest develops in a small - depression - plateau at the southern part of Psiloritis mountain. One can approach the forest either from Gergeri village through the forest road, or from Nida Plateau again through a forest road or even by walking in the European hiking trail E4, starting from the Zaros lake, crossing the amazing Gorge of Agios Nikolaos and reaching the forest after 2 hours.

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.

Nommée par les archéologues qui l’ ont decouverte à l aube du dernier siècle “villa royale” ou “petit palais minoen royal d’ Agia Triada”. Construit en 1.600 a.c sur une colline près de Phaistos, Agia Triada est un monument important de l’ architecture minoenne et des trouvailles considérables ont été mises au jour.