Overview

The capital of the prefecture, Rethimno, is a beautiful harbour in the northern coast of Crete. It is a graphic city with traditionally but also modern elements. The old city has maintained an atmosphere that reminds the years of the venetian period and the Ottoman domination.

But also the regions round the harbour, have a lot of splendid monuments, as the Fortress Fortetza (1573), the Lotzja, a monument of Cretan rebirth, the krini Rjmonti (with All reconstruction 1626), the venetian harbour and a lot of churches and panes as the church of Agios Fragkiskos and the panes Neratzes, Arrows (Veli), Kara Muse All and Big Door.

In Rethimno you can visit a lot of museums with samples of Cretan and Greek history and art. The Archaeological Museum, the Historical and Folklore Museum, the Ecclesiastical Museum, the Collection Helen Fratzeskaki and other galleries.

Rethimno also organises a lot of events as the Renaissance Festival, the Feast of Cretan Wine, the Feast of Fishermen and the Carnival of Rethimno.


SOURCE: Municipality of Rethymno