With approximately 175,000 inhabitants Heraklion
is the biggest commercial, financial and scientific urban centre in Crete and also
the capital of region. Heraklion airport and
Heraklion Port are the main gateways in the
island where visitor can rent a car and start
the exploration of a city with a rich historical past and high cultural heritage.
Wealthy natural environment, monuments,
archeological and historical sites compose a scenery of unique beauty and
invite the thousands of quests in a journey through time and history of
civilizations.
Heraklion is one of the most attractive cities in Mediterranean, with its excellent touristic structure and services to satisfy all kind of guests, even the most demanding ones, and offer many interesting activities and a pleasant stay.
Sightseeing’s and monuments are many in
Heraklion with the most important one to be the palace of Knossos, base of the
most glorious civilization in Europe, the Minoan Civilisation.
Many monuments of the city are in the centre. The
main of them are Loggia, where City Council is accommodated. Saint Marcus
basilica built in 1239 is the cathedral church of Crete. The “Lions” fountain
with its exceptional sculptures. The Metropolitan Church of Agios Minas who is
the patron saint of Heraklion.
The city is surrounded from the huge Venician
Walls that used to fortify Heraklion against enemies and brought it to be the
best fortified city in Mediterranean. In the Southern Wall stands the Martinengo
bastion, where the famous Nikos Kazantzakis writer of Zorba and poet of Oddysey
is buried.
Countless commercial shops of any kind, all
kinds of hotels, night clubs, cafes, traditional taverns, gourmet restaurants,
and a big number of tourist agencies and car rental Crete compose the touristic scenery of the city with mission to
guide and make the life of the visitor easier.
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