The Folklore Museum of Agios Nikolaos was founded in 1978 and is housed in the Old Port Service by Lake Voulismeni. Most of the exhibited objects were donated by the Touring Club of Agios Nikolaos.
The Archaeological Collection of Malevizi exhibits about 500 ancient objects, dating all from the seasons of Cretan antiquity. The majority of the exhibits come from the collection of Metaxas, which was maintained by Nikolaos Metaxas from 1959 to 1997.
The olive tree has been declared by the Association of Cretan Olive Municipalities as a natural monument due to huge size and its location near the postminoan settlement of Kolydra. Its site is named Lakkos and hosts numerous ancient trees, with this specific tree being 3000 years old.
Atop a steep peak, naturally fortified and close to Kalo Chorio, we meet the ruins of the Late Minoan settlement of Vrokastro. This settlement belongs to the dozens of settlements of the darkest period of Crete (1200BC), after the destruction of the Minoan civilization, when settlements were founded on the most inhospitable and inaccessible peaks of the Cretan mountains.
Το Φαράγγι Κατσουνάκι βρίσκεται στην ξηροθερμική Ανατολική Κρήτη, ανατολικά του Ξηρόκαμπου. Ο ποταμός που περνάει μέσα από το φαράγγι καταλήγει στην παραλία Ποταμός του Ξερόκαμπου, δίπλα στην πανέμορφη αμμουδιά της Αλώνας. Η πεζοπορία μέσα στο φαράγγι είναι εύκολη και το τοπίο με τα ψηλά τοιχώματα πολύ άγριο. Μπορείτε να το περπατήσετε ανάποδα από την Αλώνα και να επιστρέψετε εκεί.
На холме Фурни, между Ано Арханесом и Като Арханесом, и рядом с минойским поселением Арханес, находится крупное кладбище, одно из важнейших мест археологических раскопок на Крите, которое было найдено в лесу оливковых деревьев и виноградников.
The museum is a private idea of the priest Michael Georgoulakis and consists of his personal collection of folk art and historical objects.
The imposing Byzantine church of the Life-Giving Fountain (Zoodohos Pihi) is located between the villages of Koufos and Alikianos, at a site with many orange and lemon trees. The temple is also known as Ai Kyrgiannis (St Mister John) after the name of St. John the Hermit or Xenos who founded it around 1030.
