Heraklion City Walk and Cretan Treat

 

Our tour starts with a visit to the beautiful city of Heraklion.

Heraklion is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete. It is one of

the largest cities in Greece .The Venetians improved on the ditch of the city by building

enormous fortifications, most of which are still in place, including a giant wall, in places up to

40 m thick, with 7 bastions, and a fortress of Koule Chandax was renamed Candia and

became the seat of the Duke of Candia, and the Venetian administrative district of Crete

became known as "regno di Candia". Main sightseeing’s of the tour : open-air market, the

the Venetian Loggia, and the Cathedral of St Minas or the Church of St. Titus and the 25th

August street which links the port, the Marina and the Castle of Koules with the heart of the

city and a main open air market. We end up in Lion’s square where we taste bougatsa

cheese pie along and Greek coffee.