CHANIA:

• The chapel of Agii Anargiri with Byzantine frescoes;
• The Russo-Byzantine church of Agia Magdalini;
• The Monastery of Agia Triada (Tzangarol), at Akrotiri, built in 1632;
• The Monastery of the Angels of Gouvernetou, near Agia Triada, founded in 1548, in the Renaissance style;
• The Gonia Monastery (24 km west of Chania), near the village of Kolimbari;
• The Rotonda of the Archangel Michael, at Kato Episkopi  (a village about 10 km south of Kolimbari) with interesting mosaic floors and important frescoes by Byzantine artists of the 12th century;
• The church of St. George, at the village of Alikianos (13 km southwest of Chania) with Byzantine frescoes dating from 1430.

RETHYMNO:

• The Monastery of Arkadi, 3 km southeast of Rethimno, built in the 16th century. The monastery is linked with memorable events in the island’s struggle against Turkish oppression;
• The Monastery of Preveli, a monastery worth visiting for its small museum and impressive view of the Libyan Sea.

HERAKLION:

• The cathedral of Agios Minas and the smaller church of Agios Minas beside it;
• The little church at Scotini (about 1 km northwest of Fodele), built on the site of an older church of the 11th or 12th century;
• The Monastery of Vrondissi (about 56 km southwest of Heraklion), with a 15th century fountain;
• The Monastery of Varsamoneri, near the village of Vorizia, 52 km from Heraklion. Here tourists can admire the church of Agios Planourios whose 15th century frescoes are of great artistic and scientific value, a unique monument of the Cretan School;
• The basilica dedicated to St. Titus (at Gorthyn), one of the most important monuments of Christianity in Crete;
• The Monastery of Kardiotissa (near Krassi, west of Agios Nikolaos), with its church consecrated to the Virgin of Kera.

LASSITHI:

• The church of Kera (about 9 km from Agios Nikolaos before the village of Kritsa), where visitors can admire frescoes form the 14th or 15th century, thought to be the finest in Crete;
• The Monastery of Toplou or the Panagia Akrotiriani (east of Sitia), dating from the 15th century B.C.;
• The Monastery of Kapsa, south of Sitia.