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Akandia Gate
At the southeast corner of the Old Town, this is one of the few city gates you can drive through, with parking to the right inside.
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Agios Minas Cathedral
One of Greece’s largest cathedrals, Agios Minas was constructed between 1862 and 1895. Agios Minas is the Patron Saint of Iraklio.
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Yeni Tzami
This early 19th-century Turkish mosque, with crumbling atmosphere to spare, is near the end of Ermou, where a Turkish market used to thrive.
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St Athanasios Gate
Watched over by a sturdy round tower, this is said to be the gate through which the conquering Ottoman sultan entered the city in 1522.
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Agiou Dionysiou Aeropagitou Church
This massive church, named after Athens patron saint, towers over a small plaza of the same name in the Kolonaki quarter of Athens.
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Church of Sotira Lykodimou
Now the Russian Orthodox Cathedral, this unique 11th-century church, with an imposing dome, is the only octagonal Byzantine church.
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Old Town Aquarium
Hidden in the backstreets just off Sokratous, this new aquarium is packed with stingrays, octopuses, eels, cuttlefish, starfish and more.
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Moni Filotheou
Coastal paths reach hospitable Moni Filotheou, accessible from Moni Iviron, and from Karyes along a shady path with spring water (3½ hours).
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Moni Dionysiou
A tranquil cliff-hanging monastery. Dionysiou’s katholikon (principal church) contains a unique wax-and-mastic icon of the Virgin and Child.
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Office
A square hall next to the storerooms and believed to have been an office as tablets containing Linear A script were found beneath the floor in 1955.
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Church of Agii Theodori
This 11th-century church behind Plateia Klafthmonos has a tiled dome and walls decorated with a pretty terracotta frieze of animals and plants.
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Yad Lazikaron
Opposite the Modiano Food Market in the former Jewish quarter, Yad Lazikaron is dedicated to the memory of the Jews murdered during the Holocaust.
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Limani
Further north of Varkotopo beach is the old port of Limani, a rather narrow crescent but with easy access to water sports and dining options.
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Lustral Basin
The lustral basin is where, it’s believed, Minoans performed a ritual water cleansing before religious ceremonies.
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Aegean Maritime Museum
Fascinating nautical paraphernalia includes detailed models of local boats and an enormous Fresnel lighthouse lantern in its sunny courtyard.
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Monastery of Zyrgou
The only Athos monastery visitable by both men and women, the ruins of 11th-century Zyrgou are a short drive (or hour-long hike) east of Ouranoupoli.
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Cinema Museum
Delve into the history of the silver screen via realism, musicals and modern Greek cinema at this passionate and well-executed small museum.
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Arch of Galerius
The Arch of Galerius (AD 303) celebrates a victory over the Persians with carved, lunging soldiers. Its south of the Rotunda of Galerius on Egnatia.
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Art Gallery
The original Old Town site of the Museum of Modern Greek Art, which opened in 1964, and currently holds a reconstruction of its initial exhibition.
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West Magazines
Storerooms, and site of the giant pithoi (clay jars) that once held oil, wine and other staples.
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