Location: Elounda
Top Things to do in Elounda
10 Sights & Landmarks in Elounda That You Shouldn't Miss
Elounda (Greek: Ελούντα), alternative transliterations Elounta or Elouda, is a small town on the northern coast of the island of Crete, Greece. It is part of the municipality of Agios Nikolaos, until recently (2010) belonging to the prefecture of Lasithi and nowadays the periphery of Crete.
Restaurants in Elounda
1. Spinalonga Fortress
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By OfftheirP - Manchester, United Kingdom
This stunning Venetian fortress sets the tone for your visit to the island. It is really the first thing you notice as you approach by boat and is excellent. So much history through the Ottoman empire, Turkish and Greek influences all make this a remarkable structure. Don’t forget your water and camera as you will get lots of great photos around this area.
2. Spinalonga (Kalydon)
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4.5 based on 9,603 reviews
Reviewed By minalaki
If you are visiting Crete, do not miss Spinaloga! It holds centuries of history on a small island - from first antic inhabitants, Venetians building fortifications, to Otoman inhabitants and the leper colony, Spinalonga bursts from different and moving stories. It's easy to get there, taking a bus from Agios Nikolaos to Plaka, which both ways is less than 6 eur. Then, at Plaka, you take a boat to the island, which is 10 eur both ways. Entrance thicket to the island is 8 eur. And when you're there - learn, explore, enjoy! We went early, we were at the island before 10 am, so it was peaceful and almost empty. We went alone, without a guide and a group, since we wanted the freedom to wonder around and explore by ourselves, but guides have so many interesting stories that it might worth going with a group. An hour is just enough for a tour around the island, there are some tables with stories and facts about Spinalonga around, and book guides inside the suvenir shop, so that can be helpful if going on your own. Also, tv series The Island, based on the book, can be a good help in understanding how people lived there, in the former leper colony. Experience is absolutely amazing.
3. Ieros Naos Agios Konstandinou kai Elenis
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4.5 based on 26 reviews
Reviewed By Jonny232323
A lovely church to visit.Well Maintained clean and well worth a little visit free to enter and nice to take photos off the belles ring out off this church every sunday around 8 nice to here if you want a morning wake up hehe
4. Market of the Ottoman Period
5. Saint Panteleimonas
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
6. Sunken City of Olous
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3.5 based on 175 reviews
Reviewed By 626oliverf - Tallinn, Estonia
One of the few attractions we visited in Crete, which they do not charge you for seeing. A short stop, most probably not a long visit, though. What you will find there are flooded stone walls of past buildings, remains of an old bridge across the water, a beautiful mosaic floor of an old Christian basilica - definitely a historical site with a positive vibe.
7. Bird Statue
8. Leper Colony Hospital
Overall Ratings
3.0 based on 1 reviews
9. Leper Colony Cemetery
10. Elounda Square
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