Rethymno Town in Rethymno
Rethymno is the capital of the prefecture of Rethymno and one of the most delightful towns in Crete.
It has had a long and eventful history from Minoan times to the present.
The town's central core are the numerousVenetian buildings and the ancient Turkish houses and minaretes.
Apart from the Venetian harbour, the focal point for visitors in the long, sandy beach which streches away eastwards from the centre.
The city of Rethimno is the unique city of Crete, which keeps invariable her middle age character.
The picturesque villages of Rethimno in Psiloriti are still living alive with traditional ways and rhythms composing in a way a type of her
lively museums open for visitors every year.
The glory beaches the forests the monasteries and the monuments of Venetian domination are giving in this registration q unique and picturesque character.
Rethimno and particular the old city is a monumental museum. All these elements attract the visitor.
The Foretza castle gives it's own physiognomy.
The Byzantine and Benetian churches near to minarets and Tourkish springs, the old houses with kiosks, the lanes and the simultaneous streets of the new city,
all together compound a mosaic which testimony the history of the city.
Beaches in Rethymno
Sightseeings in Rethymno
Licence Number
1040E 6061 00562 00 
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