Old Town encompasses the northern portion of Rethymno ... about 50 miles west of Heraklion. Knossos & Lasithi Plateau: Land of Zeus, Villages, Olive Oil Tour (204 reviews) Sailing Cruise to ...

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Old Town surrounds the harbor with its beautiful ... Occupying the central eastern portion of Crete, Heraklion Prefecture is known for thinking big. Ever since the Minoans constructed their ...

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Entered via seven stone gates within walls that encircle the cobbled streets of the entire old town, Rhodes ... Just a short drive from Cretan capital Heraklion, this is the site where Theseus ...

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Now he's bringing out photos of Agios Nikolaos from the 1960s and 1970s, when the town transformed from sleepy traditional ... in the background - a fortress at the entrance of the old port of ...

Its old town in particular has a rich background of Ancient Greek ... the island of Crete about seventy kilometers west of Rethymno and 145 kilometers west of Heraklion. As of 2011, the city numbers ...