Then you descend to the coastal road and you meet in front of you the harbour that stands out majestically the fortress Koules.

Then you head west and meet the Historical Museum of Crete where the treasures are kept the Christian, the Byzantines, the Medieval, and the modern times of the Great.

Climbing the coastal road we find the first great monument of Loggia. In the centre of the city there are many monuments of the medieval times of Crete, which show its great acne in these years. South of Loggia, it is the Basilica of St. Mark and it was the Cathedral of Crete. Today, St. Marks houses the Municipal Art Gallery of Heraklion.

Within a few metres of the church, there is the ornate fountain, known as the "Lions". Southwest of Lions Square, 100 metres away, is the Medieval Monastery of Saint Catherine.

A few metres from Saint Catherine stands the Metropolitan Church of Agios Minas, the patron saint of Heraklion. You continue from the picturesque streets of the old town and pass through the city's courthouses to drive to the open market of 1821, where you are in front of the Bebo - Sebill fountain. At the end of your Tour we will meet Eleftheria Square and the Archaeological Museum of the city and the fantastic picturesque streets of the old city as well as the medieval monuments of Heraklion

the Heraklion old town

feel the tempo of the city

back to the past