Agios Nikolaos

Agios Nikolaos or Aghios Nikolaos is a coastal town on the Greek island of Crete, lying east of the island's capital Heraklion, north of the town of Ierapetra and west of the city of Sitia. In the year 2011, the Municipality of Agios Nikolaos, which takes in part of the surrounding villages, claimed 27,074 inhabitants. The town is a municipality of the Crete vicinity and sits in part upon the ruins of the ancient metropolis of Lato execs Kamara.

Agios Nikolaos was settled in the late Bronze Age by Dorian occupants of Lato, at a time whilst the security of the Lato hillfort became a lesser difficulty and clean access to the harbour at Agios Nikolaos became more critical. The call Agios Nikolaos approach Saint Nicholas. Its strain lies on the second syllable of the word "Nikolaos. Agios Nikolaos or Ayios Nikolaos alternative romanizations of the Greek is a common placename in Greece and Cyprus, considering Saint Nicholas is the customer saint of sailors and of all of Greece.

Agios Nikolaos is probably great called a visitor city that serves as a hub to the twenty or so small villages and farms that make up that a part of Lassithi. Tourist sights include the small lagoon Lake Voulismeni, small seashores inside the town, the tiny island Agioi Pantes, the archaeological museum, the nearby plants exhibition “Iris” and numerous gala's. Just a brief ferry journey faraway from Agios Nikolaos is the island of Spinalonga, an old Venetian fortress turned leper colony inside the starting of the twentieth century.