Day Trip #1 (on foot) If you follow the path which starts underneath the garden of Agioklima Traditional House, you will find yourself in a beautiful small valley that leads to Pentamodi village. Walking down the valley, on your left, through the olive trees, in the middle of this path,…
Day Trip #2 (by car) While staying in Agioklima Traditional House, in Petrokefalo, it is worth visiting the area of Malevisi. You can rent a car and go to Pentamodi, which is the village next to Petrokefalo, less than a klm away, and then keep on driving to Krousonas (8…
Day Trip #3 (by car) If you leave early in the morning from Agioklima Traditional House and follow the road south of Petrokefalo for 2 klms, you can visit the village of Saint (Agios) Myron. The ancient name of the village is Rafkos and in the Archaeological Museum of Heraklio…
Day Trip #4 (by car) Heraklion city has many sights to visit, so leave Petrokefalo and Agioklima Traditional House early. You can drive to the city and park your car next to the port and then visit everything on foot, the distances from sight to sight are small. After all,…
Day Trip #5 (kids’ time!) If you have small children with you, there are many things to do that they’d love, in Petrokefalo and around the villages near Agioklima Traditional House. But there are also great places to visit in the city, such as the Natural History Museum of Crete…
Day Trip #6 (by car) From Agioklima Traditional House, Petrokefalo, is easy to go to Knossos. And visiting Crete without seeing Knossos would be a terrible miss out! The archaeological site of Knossos is 5 klms southeast of the city. This location was inhabited during the Neolithic times (6000 B.C.)…
Day Trip #7 & #8 (by car) If you are staying in Agioklima Traditional House in Petrokefalo, you are in the middle of the island, which gives you the biggest motivation to travel all around the island! Driving west can lead you to the magnificent cities of Rethymno and Chania…