SITIA / VAI / TOPLOU / ZAKROS

Sitia, a beautiful city in the far east of Crete with a small harbor and a nice boulevard . This city is the birthplace of VinzentzosKornaros, beloved Cretan writer. The remains of a small fortress will bring us back to the  history of the pirates and Barbarossa.

Vai, thefamous beach with  its palm trees! As you lie on the fine sand, you could almost imagine  yourself to be on a Caribbean island.

The monastery of Toplou looks more like a fortress than a religious institution. «Toplou» means» with a cannon»,  referring to the struggle of the monks to defend their monastic traditions to invaders.

Zakros, have a walk through the gorge, the valley of dead’s! It is a wonderful small fisher’s village with a pebbly sand beach.