"Day trip from Ayios Nikolaos" Kritsa by angiebabe

Kritsa Travel Guide: 5 reviews and 22 photos

Byzantine frescoes of 14-15 century Panayia kyra

A popular excursion from the beautiful blue waters of the beach resort town of Ayios Nikolaos is to the 'traditional village' of Kritsas 10 km away. Buses leave at least every hour from the bus station.

I drove about 20 minutes by car from Neapolis.

2 km before Kritsas is the Byzantine church of Panayia Kyra which inside survives perhaps the most complet set of Byzantine frescoes in Crete. The fourteenth and fifteenth century works have been retouched but are rather beautiful and worth the visit - but the damper is that no photos allowed! There is a small shop there though, along with selling religious icons, has 2 versions of books full of information and photos of the frescoes inside the lovely church. Entrance was 3 euro. There is a cafe restaurant directly across the road (with the only toilets around until Kritsa)

Traditional village of Kritsa

traditional local craft

Last visit to Kritsa: May 2008
Intro Updated Jul 28, 2008
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There were hardly any people around when I was there about midday - the small centre square of the town which was... more travel advice

bearded lady crocheting 20 euro squares - Kritsa

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The 'woman' in this photo really looked like a man to me - and not just because 'she' had a beard! - which was quite... more travel advice

14-15th century Byzantine frescoes - Kritsa

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mindcrime Feb 24, 2013 at 6:04 AM

nice small page here, I never use flash too inside churches and museums no matter if its allowed or not
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  angiebabe Feb 24, 2013 at 1:43 PM
  
  Yes true if we care about especially the ancient places we visit and the effects of strong light such as camera flash we will take the opportunity to have the modern cameras that these days are designed to capture light well enough to take photos with minimum risk. Thanks for visiting my page. It was a lovely village and historical site to visit.
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suvanki Jan 26, 2009 at 1:50 AM

Hi Angie - Thanks for sharing your pics and tips on Ktitsa - they brought back happy memories of my trip there around 1988.
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VZ-Pam Aug 22, 2008 at 7:10 AM

I agreed the beared lady looks like a man :)
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mikkie50 Aug 18, 2008 at 7:51 AM

cool pics here angie :-)
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Bwana_Brown Aug 14, 2008 at 4:31 PM

I loved your photos taken while just driving around Kritsa! Very colourful and quaint scenes that reminded me of rural Portugal.
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DAO Aug 1, 2008 at 2:54 PM

Great pictures.
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ATLC Jul 30, 2008 at 3:09 PM

Midday=siesta time! Lovely people photos
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SWFC_Fan Jul 30, 2008 at 12:48 PM

Great start, Angie! That bearded "lady" does look very masculine! :-o Good luck finding a cheap flight to Scandinavia! :-) Think I might search for some flights for myself - could do with a nice weekend somewhere overseas! :-)