Kissos

The Monastery of the Agio Pnevma (Holy Spirit) was probably founded in the 12th century and certainly at the end of Venetian rule it was already autonomous and in welfare. On June 15, 1821 the local Turks massacred the monks and burned the monastery.

The ruined monastery became a dependency of the monastery of Preveli and in 1836 it operated as a school, well known throughout Crete and Gavdos. Thousands of Cretans arrived to study from all around Crete.

Today the monastery hosts a monument in honor of the 200 volunteers of Demetrios Petropoulakis who were killed in a battle against the Turks on December 5, 1868. The monastery has been restored and has started its reoperation.

Church of Transfiguration at Kissos

0.7km

Panagia church at Kissos

0.8km

Saint John the Theologian church at Kissos

1km

Kissos Fountain

1km

Vatolakki Wood

1.4km

Kissos Gorge

1.8km

Agia Fotia Gorge

2.7km

Gious Kambos Plateau

2.8km

Christ Church at Akoumia

2.8km

Rechtara Waterfall at Platanes

3.1km

Trail Gerakari - Chainospilios

4.2km

Siderotas Mount

4.3km

Trail Spili - Kedros- Gerakari

4.5km

Trail Gerakari - Fourfouras - Toumbotos Prinos

4.6km

Folklore Museum of Spili

4.7km

Trail Agouseliana - Koxare - Spili

4.8km

Saint Raphael monastery at Spili

5km

Church of Saint Nicholas at Elenes

5.3km

Saint John monastery (Fotis)

5.3km

Saint Onoufrios monastery at Akoumia

5.5km