Lassithi Sitia
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Hotels in Sitia
Porto Kaza
Located a stone’s throw away from Sitia Port, the hospitable Porto Kaza features a lovely outdoor swimming pool and cozy rooms with a balcony or terrace and stunning sea views.
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Lassion Golden Bay
$$-$$$The three-star Lassion Golden Bay is a collection of rooms and suites with a traditional aura. All units of Lassion have all in-room necessities, views over the Cretan Sea, and access to shared amenities, including a pool table, a swimming pool, and an in-house restaurant for lunch and dinner ...
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Mohlos
$$-$$$A set of three luxurious villa apartments, Mohlos Villas can be spotted in the settlement of Mohlos in eastern Lassithi. Each villa offers a handful of stone-built details, a full kitchen, a living room, a hot tub, a fantastic private pool, and views of the countryside and the sea.
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More about Sitia
After the 13th century, Ierapetra was fortified and expanded by the Venetians, who used it as a base of operations in the Eastern Mediterranean. However, during the first half of the 16th century, it was successively destroyed by earthquakes and pirate raids. The final blow was dealt by the Venetians themselves in 1651, who destroyed the town’s fortifications in order not to surrender them to the Ottomans. For the next 200 years, Sitia remained abandoned and was only rebuilt in 1870 following the Cretan Revolt of 1866.
Today, the town has been developed for tourism, offering all types of accommodation, cafes, restaurants and lounge bars. The port of Sitia is connected to the port of Piraeus in Athens, as well as to other islands of the southeastern Aegean, such as Rhodes. The waterfront cafes and taverns make the port a great place for a relaxing walk. A small airport is also available near the town, but it only receives a few seasonal flights from Athens and other Greek cities.
The natural landscape is equally rewarding. A fine sandy beach lies east of the port, offering various sea sports facilities, while within the municipality of Sitia, visitors will find the matchless Vai Beach, with its unique palm tree forest and its exotic beauty. Itanos, which stretches right next to the archaeological site of the same name, is another great spot for swimming, while several more secluded ones can be found as well.
The wider area is also traversed by a number of gorges, many of which have landscapes of stunning natural beauty. Richtis definitely figures among the most spectacular ones in eastern Crete, while trekking trails will take you through the gorge of Kato Zakros (the so-called Gorge of the Dead), Lamnoni, Pervolakia and Pefki.
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akan 14 Jul 2010Beautiful town with good sightseeingWe stayed in a small hotel in the heart of the town, and just a stone throw away from taverns, cafes, bars, restaurants and shops. We took the bus to the nearest beaches, with sparklingly waters and green environment. We visited the Archaeological Museum which is a repository of tools, pottery, weapons and other artifacts that have been unearthed from the area and which represent the time from the Minoan period to the classical period.
One of the highlights of our stay at Sitia was a tour at the winery of the Union of Agricultural Co-operatives. It is on the national road leading from Sitia to Agios Nicolaos. We bought a few bottles of the fine local wine and also saw the old wine making equipment on display at the winery.
At the village of Marounia, we were quite surprised at how the villagers seem to be leading a traditional life far removed and untouched by the commercial aspects of tourism. As a reminder of their old ways, there is a restored oil-press workshop in the village which is still in use. We also got to see the Sultana Raisin festival (celebrated in other places in Crete, too). They had musical events with a lot of singing, dancing and feasting to commemorate the dried fruit of which Sitia has traditionally been one of the major producers in Greece. We had great fun, not to mention the free wine that seemed to be flowing rather generously. The street food was simply amazing.
