Anogia or Anoyia is a place with history and character with warm people and an excellent cuisine.
Archanes or Arhanes is a small vibrant town with meticulously restored old houses and pleasant squares a truly remarkable job has been done here.
Heraklion or Iraklion the birthplace of El Greco and Nikos Kazantzakis can at first seem a nightmare, particularly if you arrive expecting to see a picturesque little island town.
Kapetaniana is a small village perched at an altitude of 800 meters on the Asterousia range, west of the Κophinas peak.
Made is one of those hidden places, generally quieter than beach areas close to Heraklion, Crete, but with the facilities (if you include Lygaria and Agia Pelagia) that make spending days here a pleasure.
Maroulas is a quiet village situated on the heights above Rethymno, Crete, facing the sea at an altitude of 150 metres and surrounded by greenery, a spring and several valleys.
Melidoni is a Village in Geropotamos in Rethymno in the Crete Region of Greece. Melidoni is also a listed traditional settlement, a Municipal district and a Minoan sacred cave. Melidoni is at an altitude of 250 meters.
Rethymno or Rethimno combines rarely united features: the old town's charm and history, with proximity to a long sandy beach.
Vlahiana, 15 km southwest of the town of Heraklion, is a small settlement which lies at the southeast foot of Mount Psiloritis, amphitheatrically located at an altitude of 580 meter, overlooking the villages of Kerasia, Venerato, and Avgeniki at a distance of about 1 km.
Zaros is a particularly attractive, refreshingly unspoiled village famous for its spring water, which is now bottled and sold all over Crete, and an ideal base for walkers to explore the beautiful nature.