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.

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.

Il s’ agit de l’ ancient port de Faistos. Kommos est parmi les plages le plus longues de Crète. Devant les antiquités une partie de la plage est organisée avec des transats et des parasols. Elle possède aussi une taverne locale.

Les deux plages de Kokkinos Pyrgos sont séparées par un petit port. Sur la côte Ouest s’ étend jusqu’ à Agia Galini une plage bordée de falaises et composée de pierres et de galets. Sur la côte Est il y a une plage qui s’ étend jusqu’ à Kommos.

The gorge of Samaria is the second most visited tourist attraction on Crete (following the Minoan palace of Knossos) and by far the most popular walk. More than a quarter million people walk through the gorge every year from May to October. In winter the gorge is closed to visitors due to danger posed by water and falling stones.

The Samaria gorge is the longest one in Europe. It is an area of stunning natural beauty. Rare flora and fauna have survived in this area and are protected. The mountains that have formed it are wild, high and steep. One will pass through forests of ancient cypresses and pines and descend between vertical cliffs. The path starts from Xyloskalo (near Omalos) in the White Mountains at an altitude of 1230 meters and comes to an end at the village of Agia Roumeli at the Libyan sea. Walking through the gorge usually takes anything from 3 to 5 hours (excluding the breaks).

Une plage de sable, organisée, juste devant le village de Kalamaki. Tout le long de la plage on jouira des restaurants et des cafés.