Saint Peter of the Dominicans, Heraklion

Cultural and Conference Center of Heraklion

WALKING TOUR ⭐️ PREMIUM AUDIO TOUR

Iraklio Unveiled: A Journey Through Time

An audio guided tour by Ryan Multilingual, The Tourist

Welcome to Iraklio! On this GPS guided audio tour, we will visit 23 stops on a route of 12.33km. This tour focusses mainly on general tourism.

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Tour Sights 📸

Lions Square

Sight A historic square in Heraklion, named after Eleftherios Venizelos, featuring the Morosini Fountain with four lions supporting the main basin, also known as Lions Square (Πλατεία Λεόντων) or Leonton Square.

Morosini Fountain

Sight A fountain with eight tanks, once used by housewives to fill their clay pots and jugs, featuring marble columns, a marble band, and recirculated water supply taken from municipality's water sources.

Agios Marcos

Sight A picture gallery, featuring the Portico with a colonnade in its entrance, known as Saint Mark's Loggia, showcasing Renaissance-style reliefs and a flat roof supported by columns with fourteenth-century capitals.

Loggia of Heraklion

Sight A rectangular building with a Palladian style, featuring Doric columns on the ground floor and Ionic columns on the first floor, with a diazoma decorated with triglyphs and metopes.

Hagios Titos church

Sight A stunning Eastern Orthodox cathedral dedicated to Saint Titus, featuring an eclectic square temple with a dome, vertical elements dominating the exterior, and a stone-carved apse. The church previously served as a mosque before its conversion back to Christian worship in 1925.

Heraklion Archaeological Museum

Sight A museum housing representative artifacts from all periods of Cretan prehistory and history, covering over 5,500 years, including unique examples of Minoan art.

Megaro Fytaki

Sight

Koules Fortress

Sight A 16th-century sea fort built by the Republic of Venice, the Koules Fortress features a high rectangular section and a semi-elliptical section, with thick walls and three entrances, and was used for barracks, storage, and defense.

Saint Peter of the Dominicans, Heraklion

Sight A Gothic-style Eastern Orthodox church built in 1248-1253 as a Catholic church, initially for a Cistercian monastery and later under Dominican possession, and featuring a complex history of conversion and use.

Historical Museum of Crete

Museum A museum in Heraklion, Crete, featuring permanent collections that highlight the art and history of Crete from the 4th century AD to World War II, with exhibits including ceramics, sculptures, paintings, and more.