Hey everyone!
You can't go to Crete without visiting the Arkadi Monastry, the islands treasure. There's many tours that offer day trips, but as we had our own cars we made a day of it. It just 27km from Rethmynon, inland.
There's many small villages surrounding Arkadi, and therefore you're never short on places to visit. One of which, was a little town called Margarites which in infamous for pottery. All of which are very good for souvenirs and very good prices.
On site, at Arkadi Monastry, there is a little gift shop and cafe that serves typical Greek delights.
The Monastry itself holds hundreds of years worth of history, and as you walk around you are able to see and discover the most prominent events that took place. There is a tree which has a hole created by a Turkish bullet, and the old wine cellar has never been restored from the 'holocaust' where many woman and children blew themselves up to get away from the Turks.
There is a small fee to pay upon entrance, $3-$4, but with a museum and church inside it is well worth it.
The picture below features the church, which is visible from the entrance to the monastry. Inside is magnificent and grand, clearly influenced by the renaissance period.
There are corridors which lead off to monk cells, which were also used as a hospital during the siege of 1866, where many lives were sadly lost.
For more information on this wonderful place, please visit there official website here.
Thanks for reading, xo
*As with all pictures featured on my blog, they are all taken by me unless otherwise noted. I use a Canon S120 and iPhone 6S.
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