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Panoramas „all over Crete“
Crete-card.com was devel- oped with Ruben Schecker, who left the project in 2007.
The beautiful panoramas whet in You the appetite for Crete!
- Original resorts
Original resorts.
You will enjoy the cafes and taverns in the wonderful smaller resorts
...and experience Manolis' mandolin...
- Historical cities
Cities of Crete.
When submerging in the streets of historical cities and villages you get to breathe the air of old Crete.
There is history everywhere.
- Historical buildings
and archaeologyHistory and archeology.
Hardly an island is so replete with history as Crete. Minoan palaces, Byzantine churches and Venetian castles inspire to discovery as much as ancient cultural sites and caves.
- Crete city life
Clubs, bars etc.
Night clubs, Jazz clubs etc. are mostly located in bigger cities. But there are taverns and folklore restaurants and bars in the smaller resorts, as well.
- Hiking
Hiking on Crete.
Inspiring hikes lead to secluded villages, monasteries or through rocky gorges. You hike through abundant flora in the North and through stingy mountains in the South.
- Destination landscape
Cretan landscape.
Wind-twisted trees, beaches that resemble paradise and rock formations that could be erected by Titans. There is everything on Crete.
- Map of Crete – Overview
Navigation for Cretee-card
Keeping the finger on the mouse move the rectangle on the lower map. For a particular panorama, click the location on the main map above.
Moni Preveli - The First Glance
You get to Moni Preveli driving through the stunning Kourtaliotis gorge.
The monastery is also often called Piso Monastri (back monastery), the old abandoned one, however, Kato Monasteri (the lower monastery).
This site is probably over 1000 years old, the buildings, however much younger.
Its abbot Melchizedek Tsouderos was the co-founder of the liberation movement in 1821.
In 1866, as the base for the uprising, the monastery was destroyed
It also played a rather significant role in the 2nd world war.
After the occupation by the German troups the monchs of the monastery helped many English, Australian & New Zealand's men to escape to Egypt.
