CRETAN MONASTERIES AND CHURCHES

Apart from the excavation sites of the Minoan Periods, there are a wealth of Byzantine cultural monuments: over 1.000 churches, chapels and paintings, and more than 30 impressive monasteries are strung out across the island between Chrissoskalitissa in the far west and Toplou in the east.

Also worth a visit: Agia Triada, Arkadi, Gonia, Gouverneto, Kapsa, Katholiko, Odigitrias, Preveli, Valsamonero and Vrondisi