On the road from Chania to Rethymnon, on a plateau. It had two ports, Minoa and Kissamos. Ruins of buildings (8th - 7th century BC), imposing wall, theater, vaulted water tanks, baths and rectory from the Roman era, ruins of a Doric double temple of Demeter and other sanctuaries. To the west, an ancient cemetery.
Editor: Fotini Anastasopoulou