Travel guide for Rethymnon Crete Greece

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City of Rethymnon

Rethymno is located in the heart of Crete and is one of the most beautiful places in Greece. Rethymno combines mountain and sea. Rethymno with its contradictions can satisfy the most demanding visitor. It has many Byzantine churches and monasteries, beautiful Venetian landmarks, and is the best preserved Renaissance town in Greece. Rethymno has endless beaches and unique flora and fauna.

Hommages

Canyons and Caves of Rethymnon

Rethymnon has especially beautiful canyons that cross the mountains and the ranges of the prefecture. The Kourtaliotiko gorge has a length of 3km and ends at the famous Lake Preveli. Kotsifou gorge starts from Kanevos village and ends in the village of Selia, gorge Patsou at Amari, the Prasse gorge witch leading at Platanias beach in north east City of Rethymnon, the Arkadiotiko gorge, the Vederon gorge of Melon village and other smaller ones.

Beaches of Rethymnon

Rethymnon has many beaches in the north section and in the south. All of them have clean water. Some of them are:

Informations

How to get there

By boat from Piraeus.

Useful Phones

POLICE: (+30) 28310 25247
HOSPITAL: (+30) 28310 87100
PORT AUTHORITY: (+30) 28310 22276
SUBURBAN BUS: (+30) 28310 22212
TAXI: (+30) 28310 25000

In southern utmost of Greece unfolds Crete and in its center Rethymno, a prefecture between two seas, the Cretan and Libyan sea. Modern and traditional, developed and virgin, mountainous and flat, rough and soft, Rethymno with the oppositions can satisfy also the most exigent visitor. Beyond those that seek rest, swimming in spotless beaches and vacations in ultramodern infrastructures, Rethymno is an ideal destination and for those that are thirsty for action, adventure, explorations and mainly contact with the environment.
Live the adventure in the countryside of the prefecture and travel in green paths. Cross gorges, visit caverns, churches and monasteries, climb in hills, you make marinely sports, admire the infrequent flora and without fail taste the authentic flavours of the prefecture, based on traditional recipes and local products.