Когда Средиземноморье страдало от пиратских рейдов, монахи приморского монастыря Святого Георгия в Менисе решили перебраться в более безопасное место. Так они выбрали место, в котором сегодня мы находим живописную церковь при кладбище монастыря Гония Одигитриас, посвященную Св. Георгия (XIV века).
At the southwest edge of Mikronissi islet with the lighthouse of Agii Pantes, opposite Agios Nikolaos city, just at the point where there is a small pier for the boats, we meet the beach of the island. The beach is located in an ancient carvied bay and there is access through a stone staircase.
Northwest of the village Damania, on the road that heads to Arkadi village (Monofatsi province) we meet the hill of Kefala. Kefala has unique views to Damania and the beautiful dam-lake, the fertile plain of the village and other villages of Monofatsi. The whole area in the upper part of the hill is full of the remains of the village that was there centuries ago and is now completely deserted.
At position Onythe we meet the ruins of an ancient settlement that has been identified as the ancient town Fallanes or Osmida. At this location there are traces of an early Christian basilica, which was excavated by N. Platon in 1947 and has dimensions 31mx15m.
Η συλλογή αποτελείται από καθημερινά αντικείμενα που Κρητικού παρελθόντος, που δωρήθηκαν από τους κατοίκους. Ανάμεσα τους θα δείτε αργαλειούς, πατητήρια σταφυλιών, κηροποιείο, πιθάρια, εργαλεία, μηχανές γνεσίματος, λύχνους και άλλα.
Δυτικά της κωμόπολης του Αρκαλοχωρίου υψώνεται ο ιερός για του Μινωίτες βράχος του Προφήτη Ηλία, με το ομώνυμο εκκλησάκι στην κορυφή και το λατρευτικό σπήλαιο του Αρκαλοχωρίου. Στην πλαγιά που κοιτάει προς το Αρκαλοχώρι έχει εντοπιστεί οικισμός που κατοικήθηκε από τους Μινωίτες ως και την Οθωμανική εποχή.
Between the villages Koxare and Atsipades we meet the wonderful stone arched bridge of Koxare (named Old Arch), which served the residents of the two villages in past times. The river below the bridge runs through the canyon Kourtaliotis and ends at Preveli beach.
Agios Panteleimonas is a Byzantine church that must be one of the oldest in Crete. It is about 3 Km away from Kasteli. On the outer walls of the church, there are marble crosses and inscriptions that must belong to an older Roman or Byzantine building.
