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Hagia Photia

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Alternative names: Coordinates: 35°11'40"N, 26°9'20"E
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Hagia Photia – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Toplou Monastery, Kazarma fortress, Archaeological Museum of Sitia, Vai.

  • toplou monastery sitia3.9 miNE
    Sacred and religious sites, Church, Monastery

    Toplou Monastery, Sitia

    100 min walk • Toplou Monastery is a currently active monastery located in a semi-arid area of the Lasithi regional unit, on the eastern part of the island of Crete in Greece. It is about 6 km north of Palekastro and 85 km east of Agios Nikolaos.

  • kazarma fortress sitia2.9 miNW
    Historical place, Forts and castles

    Kazarma fortress, Sitia

    76 min walk • Kazarma is the Venetian-era fortress of the city of Sitia in Crete, Greece. This fortress was built in the 13th Century during Venetian rule on Crete. The Venetians abandoned the town in 1651 and destroyed parts of the fortress to prevent its use by the Turks.

  • archaeological museum of sitia location map
    2.9 miW
    Museum, Archaeological museum

    Archaeological Museum of Sitia

    75 min walk • The Archaeological Museum of Sitia is a museum in Sitia of Crete, in Greece. Its collection consists of Minoan-era finds from Sitia, Zakros, Petra and Palaikastro.

  • vai6.7 miNE
    Natural attraction, Protected area, Nature

    Vai

    172 min walk • The palm beach of Vai is one of the largest attractions of the Mediterranean island of Crete. For tourism Vai was discovered at the beginning of the 1970s by Richard White and friends from North London, Belfast and Bavaria, at the end of that decade it was popularised by the last hippies who fled the hot-spots Matala and Preveli.

  • prosfora sitia location map
    3.7 miNW
    Island

    Prosfora, Sitia

    94 min walk • Prosfora, is an uninhabited Greek islet, close to the coast of Lasithi, eastern Crete. Administratively it lies within the Sitia municipality of Lasithi.

Where to next? Visit crete Crete region page or discover the top tourist attractions in Greece.

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