Phaistos

  • Greece
  • Phaistos
  • 105.4 km²
  • 11°C, Wind
  • Mon 12:19 am
  • Euro
  • Greek
  • 2.211 million

The archaeological site of Phaistos is located 62 km south of Iraklion in the fertile plain of Messara, on Agios Ioannis hill, at an altitude of 100 m from sea level.

The Minoans were clever folks. Above the extensive Messara Plain, which was then and still is the breadbasket of Crete, they constructed their ruler's main sanctum and palace on a hill surveying everything.

The archaeological site of Phaistos is a must-visit site on Crete.

Italian archaeologists uncovered the complex in Festos (alternately written as Phaistos or Faistos). It is much smaller than the complex at Knossos and not so famous as Knossos. You will hardly need more than 45 minutes for a visit. But even if you don't intend to pay a visit, you should still walk the 100 m up the paved footpath from the car park to the current entrance. Enjoy a magnificent view of the plateau all around the plain, the mountains of Ida and Asteroussia and the bay of Messara.

 
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