Hagia Photia

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Hagia Photia is an archaeological site of a fortified ancient Minoan building on eastern Crete. Sitia lies five kilometers to the west. ()

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.

3.9 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.
2.9 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.
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.
6.7 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.
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.

Hagia Photia

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Hagia Photia plan & book

Hagia Photia – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Toplou Monastery, Sitia

Kazarma fortress, Sitia

Archaeological Museum of Sitia

Vai

Prosfora, Sitia