| Holidaying in Crete can prove out to be a | | | | plans. If the old town had spas, cafes and other |
| challenging proposition, simply due to the sheer | | | | recreational facilities carved out of the old heritage |
| number of options available to choose your tour | | | | buildings, the new one will surprise you with its |
| destination and its itinerary from. This article | | | | modern setting. |
| provides you an idea about these exotic places. | | | | One could choose from a number of archeological |
| Planning out any Cretan holiday can be a | | | | places in Chania to add to one's Crete sightseeing. |
| challenging job due to the sheer number of | | | | Most of these places lie in Kasteli, Splantzia, |
| available options. There are several towns of | | | | Halidon street, at the harbor, in Topanas and the |
| significance, each having an abundance of modern | | | | Jewish quarter. The combined tourist arrivals of |
| infrastructure, archeological richness and natural | | | | the above two cities, i.e. Heraklion and Chania, |
| beauty. You can choose any of these towns for | | | | form a decent percentage of the entire Greek |
| your Crete Sightseeing, depending on your | | | | tourism. Rethymno is another town, which could |
| personal choice. Among these towns is Heraklion, | | | | be added to one's Crete sightseeing flavors. The |
| the capital and the largest city of Crete. The city | | | | town has a population of roughly 40,000 and a |
| accounts for roughly about 15% of all arrivals into | | | | past dating back to antiquity. The old part of |
| Greece through its international airport and | | | | Rethymno, built during the Venetian era, is among |
| consists of a flourishing hotel industry to add | | | | the best preserved sites of its kind in |
| comfort to your Crete sightseeing. Heraklion is | | | | today’s Crete. |
| also where the Minoan archeological site called the | | | | Archeological remains have withstood the change |
| Knossos Palace stands. | | | | of time, weather and man's interference in |
| Chania is the next town for Crete sightseeing | | | | Rethymno, to continue being listed along the best |
| after Heraklion. With an official population of | | | | Crete sightseeing locations. These included buildings |
| around 70,000 in the greater Chania, this second | | | | and harbor from the Venetian period, and stoned |
| largest city of Crete has several tourist | | | | staircases and arched doorways from the |
| attractions to look around for. The city is roughly | | | | Hellenic-Roman and Byzantine era. The city has a |
| divided into two major elements, viz. the old and | | | | Venetian castle named the Fortezza, which is one |
| the new towns. The old one sprawls around the | | | | of the largest and most preserved of its kind in |
| harbor area and carries one of the best ancient | | | | the whole of Crete. One more town for Crete |
| settings for holiday making in Greece and | | | | sightseeing is Ierapetra in the eastern Crete. It |
| elsewhere. The town used to be encircled by the | | | | holds a population of about 24,000 and is widely |
| old Venetian fortifications, some of which survive | | | | known for its Greek, Roman and Venetian |
| even today adding to your Crete sightseeing | | | | lineages. |