WEATHER

Anogeia

Light Showers
11°C
Wind: 15 Southwest

Rethymno

16°C
Wind: 27 West

Spili

14°C
Wind: 06 West

Fragma Potamon

17°C
Wind: 13 West

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Agios Konstantinos - Armeni

Length: 15 km
Estimated time: 5 hours
Suggested period: January - December
Difficulty: None - relatively difficult in winter in the river-bed of Kalonikiti

Sights

At Roustika, there are more than 20 churches and little country churches, the most important of which is the two-aisled church of Koimisis Theotokou - Metamorfosi Sotira, with wall painting dating back to 1381-82. It is worth visiting Seragio mansion for its domes, the Monastery of Profitis Ilias just outside the village, the Ecclesiastical Museum and the Museum of Costumes.

At Kalonihtis, there is an interesting windmill and the church of Agios Antonios.

At Ano Valsamonero, it is worth visiting the church of Koimisis Theotokou (1909) and, at Monopari, the castle at Kastellos site (about 1210), where two sets of walls, three castles and some water reservoirs are saved.

The late Minoan cemetery of Armenoi is the biggest known one in Crete up to now. Until today, more than 220 sculpted vaulted tombs have been excavated, with rich findings that ate exhibited in the Archaeological Museums of Rethymno and Chania. At Armenoi, there are the interesting traces of Pano Armenoi dorp, Korakias gorge and the rescued parts of a vast oak forest.