Ein organisierter Sandstrand vor dem kleinen Dorf Kalamaki. Am Strand gibt es für die Besucher Restaurants und Cafés.

Das Kloster wurde im 16. oder 17. Jahrhundert gegründet und hat eine lange Geschichte. Es befindet sich in einer üppigen grünen Landschaft. Heute ist das Kloster verlassen, aber es gibt ein Museum unter anderem mit kirchlichen Dokumenten und Gewändern. Nach der Besichtigung des Klosters kann der Besucher zu Fuß den schönen Strand von Preveli erreichen.

Ein historisches Kloster von Kreta, das bekannt ist für seinen Beitrag zum Kampf gegen die Unabhängigkeit mit dem Höhepunkt des Infernos am 08. November 1866. Im Kloster gibt es ein kleines aber wichtiges Museum über die Geschichte von Kreta.

Gortyna war eine antike Stadt auf Kreta und die Hauptstadt während der römischen Epoche. Heute ist es ein sehenswertes archäologisches Museum.

Der Legende nach suchte Zeus Zuflucht dort, als er in einen Stier verwandelt war und Europa entführte. In Gortyna wurden ihre drei Kinder geboren, die Könige von drei minoischen Palästen auf Kreta wurden.

This beach (Red Sand) aka Kokkini Ammos is a secluded beach which can be reached only by foot – with the reddish sand that bestows on it its name, and turquoise waters.

It is open to the strong south winds, and not very organized – just a few umbrellas and sunbeds, as well as a small café-canteen, built roughly out of stone. It is sensible, if you visit, to take all you need with you as the canteen is not always open, and there are no tavernas or shops nearby.

Kokkini Ammos and surrounding area has been included in the EC ecological network of Natura 2000: a protected refuge of the Mediterranean Monk seal, the loggerhead turtles (Kareta kareta) and other animals.

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.