Museum
Aptera, Ottoman Fortress
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Tips from locals
Rodney
August 10, 2018
Close to Megalo-horafia on the National road towards Chania, drive up to the ancient Aptera and view the magnificent Cisternas excavations and restorations.
Wendy Nicole
March 20, 2018
Fascinating Greco-Roman city state with walls, columns and an amphitheatre to explore, and a Turkish castle and German WW2 gun emplacements - with fantastic views over the bay. Oh and you can see it from Villa Mia's pool terrace!
Vasilis & Natalya
July 12, 2018
Aptera: Ancient Greek Town. Beautiful historical place.
Romaine Locke
April 26, 2016
A complex of Roman or Hellenistic buildings that is on top of a hill overlooking Souda Bay
Anastasios
March 22, 2021
Aptera or Aptara of historical times is located on the hill "Paliokastro", which dominates the southeast of the Gulf of Souda and is one of the most important cities - states of Crete. The prehistoric a-pa-ta-wa, known from Knossian tablets in linear B script, is probably located further south, on a low hill in the Azoire Stylou area.
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Chania