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Address: Heraklion, GR
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Routaki routes on Crete uses VoiceMap. This allows you to tour around in your own pace and interest.

21/09/2026

Roman graves, hewn out of the stones 🪨

Just outside Argyroupoli you'll find rectangular cavities cut straight into the sandstone — Roman graves, some single, some connected almost like tunnels. Believed to date from around 50 BC to 100 AD, very similar to the graves at Matala.

There is this trail leading to the Church of the Five Holy Virgins — the full story is in my Margarites audio tour.

🇬🇧 >>> "The Spirit of Crete: A Drive from Rethymno to Georgioupoli via Myriokefala”

routaki.com/product/car-route-32-myriokefala/

20/09/2026

𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡 🫒

Drive across Crete right now and you'll see it everywhere: nets rolled out under the trees, ladders leaning into branches, families gathering for the harvest. It's the start of weeks of hard work turning this year's olives into fresh extra virgin olive oil. Book one of the eight audio car routes and see the people at work, village by village.

19/09/2026

🕯️ Time to light a candle. All over Crete, in tiny roadside chapels and grand cathedrals alike, you'll find trays of sand waiting for candles. Locals stop for a moment, light one, and say a quiet word — for someone they've lost, or someone they simply carry in their heart. It's a small ritual, but it stays with you. Next time you pass a chapel on your drive, maybe light one too. 🇬🇷

18/09/2026

Agios Nikolaos is more than just a pretty harbor. Behind the colorful houses and cafés lies a story of pirates, earthquakes, and a lake once believed to be bottomless. On my city walk through Agios Nikolaos, I share all these little secrets as you wander the streets yourself.

🇬🇧 >>> "Beyond the Blue Eye: Discovering Agios Nikolaos' Harbor Secrets"
https://voicemap.me/tour/agios-nikolaos-crete/beyond-the-blue-eye-discovering-agios-nikolaos-harbor-secrets

Curious? Listen along here 👇

17/09/2026

>>> 🇬🇧 "A Stroll through the layers of Heraklion's Historical Treasures"

Wonderfully enjoying the capital of Crete. Where you can easily get there by public transport. Nice walking through the city and here and there getting some information about items, buildings or traditions.

A lovely activity, now in the final days of the season, on a maybe not so sunny day.

11/09/2026

Cretans have a way about them — proud, a little stubborn in the best sense, and shaped by centuries of standing their ground. Whenever I'm out with my camera I can't help snapping a photo or two of locals just going about their day. There's something incredibly photogenic about people who know exactly who they are. Ever noticed that about the Cretans you've met?

10/09/2026

The real star of the mountain village Krasi is a plane tree believed to be around 2,400 years old. It shades the central square, where a Roman aqueduct — rebuilt in 1890 — still feeds the stone fountains once used for drinking water and washing clothes.

It's also a village close to writer Nikos Kazantzakis' heart. Between 1910 and 1920 he spent many hours here, partly because Krasi was the birthplace of his wife, Galateia Alexiou. Scenes from his novel "Captain Michalis" unfold in the shade of that very tree.

Krasi is one of the stops on the 🇬🇧 >>> "A Drive along the Lassithi Plateau: From Stalida to Zeus's Birthplace" tour.

08/09/2026

𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞

Driving through Crete's olive groves is one of those simple pleasures that never gets old. The road winds between old olive trees, the windows are down, and a cool mountain breeze rolls in from every direction. It's the kind of drive that makes you slow down, just to take it all in. Moments like these are exactly what a good road trip on Crete is about.

07/09/2026

𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞

Kritsa is a village where rugs and needlework tell the story, and handmade products wait at every turn, crafted by the local residents. A pedestrian street winds past the Rodanthi and Kritsotopoula museums, with the Agios Georgios church offering one of the most picturesque views in the square.

Drive the route from Agios Nikolaos, via Kritsa and Kalamafka, to Ierapetra — full details on the product page.

04/09/2026

Crete is full of surprises when it comes to wildlife — sheep grazing on hillsides, turtles by the coast, butterflies drifting through the valleys, donkeys along quiet roads, and vultures circling the gorges. Nature here is wonderfully varied.

For an even closer look at more exotic animals, families can visit Amazonas Dierenpark near Neapoli — a fun stop for kids and animal lovers alike.

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