Worth to visit
Sissi Bay is ideally situated, only 2 km away from the main highway, which extends from one end of the island to the other and which provides access to all places of interest in Crete.
The Palace of Knossos is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and probably the ceremonial and political center of the Minoan civilization and culture. It is also a tourist destination today, as it is near the main city of Heraklion and has been substantially, if imaginatively “restored”, making the site more comprehensible to the visitor than a field of unmarked ruins.
Coming from the east the large Venetian fort on the islet of Spinalonga is easily seen.
This is a place not to be missed by historians and the curious alike – it was once a leper colony, and still has the original small houses in which 200 lepers lived their isolated lives.The island is situated opposite to the most famous luxury resort village of Elounda.
It is known for its many small windmills and 17 Cretan traditional villages. Besides the windmills, there are two caves one of each, Dictaion Andron, is very famous and is said to be the birthplace of Zeus, according to Greek Mythology. The Cave is in Psycho village and is also an important place in Minoan prehistory. There are several churches worth a look at.
The palace found at Malia is the third largest palace of Minoan Crete after Knossos and Phaistos. It occupies 7500 square meters at the edge of a fertile valley near Hersonissos in Northern Crete.
In the cave of Milatos, known as the Cave of Rapas, in 1823 a large number of children and women hide in order to escape from the Turks, who surrounded them and isolated them. When, after 15 days they were forced to surrender, Hassan Passa massacred the older and some warriors who were with them and sold the women as slaves in the East.
The capital of the Prefecture of Lasithi, is one of the most highly developed tourist towns in Greece. The sea in Agios Nikolaos is superb and the surrounding area of the city is noted for its sandy beaches and beautiful bays. The landmark of the city is a small lake, known as “Voulismeni” that is located in the center of the city, at the foot of the cliffs.
(or Herakleion, Iraklion) is the capital of Crete and an industrialized city of around 155,000 residents. Beyond the crazed progress of moped riders, noisy scooters and a battered, out-of-control look to the city, there is much to do and plenty of things worth seeing, such as renovated Archaeological Museum which holds the remains of the 3000-year old Minoan civilization, small souvenir shops, museums, churches etc.
Sissi Bay Hotel is the closest hotel to Boufos Beach which is only 300 m away.
At Lassithi prefecture there are also several beaches where you may dive and enjoy the crystal waters of the Mediterranean Sea while you will drive around
