Venetian tower

Venetian tower is a ticket shop in Siteia, Lasithi, Crete. Venetian tower is situated nearby to the archaeological site Petras, as well as near PADI Dive Center NICEDIVE4U.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Petras and Archaeological Museum of Sitia.

Petras

Archaeological site

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Petras is an archaeological site.

Archaeological Museum of Sitia

Museum

The Archaeological Museum of Sitia is a museum in Sitia of Crete, in Greece. Its collection consists of Minoan-era finds from Sitia, Zakros, Petra and Palaikastro. Archaeological Museum of Sitia is situated 1¼ km northwest of Venetian tower.

Kazarma is the Venetian-era fortress of the city of Sitia in Crete, Greece. This fortress was built in the 13th Century during Venetian rule on Crete. The Venetians abandoned the town in 1651 and destroyed parts of the fortress to prevent its use by the Turks. Kazarma fortress is situated 1½ km northwest of Venetian tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sitia and Piskokefalo.

Sitia

Photo: Wouterhagens, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sitia or Siteia is a port town and a municipality in Lasithi, Crete, Greece. The town has 11,166 inhabitants and the municipality has 20,438. It lies east of Agios Nikolaos and northeast of Ierapetra.