Agios Nikolaos (or Aghios Nikolaos, Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος) is a coastal town on the Greek island of Crete. It is east of the island's capital Heraklion, north of the town of Ierapetra and west of the town of Sitia. In the year 2000 the Municipality of Agios Nikolaos which includes part of the surrounding villages counted about 19,000 inhabitants. Agios Nikolaos is the capital of the nomos (province) of Lasithi. A coastal image featured on a United States postal stamp. ... Greece and Crete Crete, sometimes spelled Krete (Greek Κρήτη / Kriti; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ... Morozini Fountain on Venizelou square in Heraklion, Crete, built in 1628 Heraklion or Iraklion (Greek: Ηράκλειο), Greece is the largest city and the capital of Crete. ... Ierapetra is a municipality and a town in the east of the Greek island of Crete, in the prefecture of Lasithi. ... Sitias harbor Sitia is a port town in the far east of Crete. ... This article is about political regions. ... Lasithi (Greek: Λασήθι) is a prefecture of Greece on the island of Crete. ...

The name Agios Nikolaos means Saint Nicholas. The stress lies on the third syllable of the word "Nikolaos". It is pronounced EYE-HOS NIKOL-OWS (rhymes with house) Saint Nicholas is the common name for Saint Nicholas of Myra, who lived in 4th century Byzantine Lycia (part of modern Turkey), who had a reputation for secret gift-giving. ...

Note that Agios Nikolaos or Ayios Nikolaos (alternative transliterations of the Greek Άγιος Νικόλαος) is a common place name in Greece and Cyprus since Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors and of all of Greece. Transliteration in a narrow sense is a mapping from one system of writing into another. ...

Agios Nikolaos is a cosmopolitan resort which caters for many nationalities. The lake and harbour area is the focal point of the town and legend says that the goddess Athina once bathed in the "bottomless" lake Voulismeni. Surrounded by mountains and with magnificent views of the Gulf of Mirabello, the town boasts a wide selection of traditional and contemporary reastaurants and tavernas and cafe bars around the harbour are the perfect place to watch the world go by. The recently built marina has hosted several major yachting events in the last two years and is now the focus for art and music festivals which take place throughout the summer. A wide variety of organised and individually guided excursions are available direct from *click hereand the area enjoys more days of sunshine per year than any other part of Europe.

There are regular scheduled bus services along the northern coast of Crete, and it takes about one and a half hours on the National Highway to get from Heraklion to Agios Nikolaos. Buses also connect with Ierapetra on the south coast. A ferry service goes from the port to Pireaus (Athens) and to Rhodes via Karpathos.

The archeological museum has artifacts from the Minoan and Roman eras. Exhibits come mainly from the surrounding area and include a skull with a golden olive wreath still attached. A coin is in the mouth to pay for the soul's crossing to "the other side". There is also a folk museum with exhibits of local craftsmanship and weaving machinery. The Minoans were an ancient pre-Hellenic civilization on what is now Crete (in the Mediterranean), during the Bronze Age, prior to classical Greek culture. ...

The prefecture of Lasithi

File links The following pages link to this file: Lasithi Myrtos Sitia Ierapetra Agios Nikolaos (Greece) Categories: GFDL images ... Lasithi (Greek: Λασήθι) is a prefecture of Greece on the island of Crete. ...

Persons

• Nikos Koundouros (b. 1926), a Greek actor

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See also

• Lake Voulismeni
• Crete

Lake Voulismeni Lake Voulismeni (Greek: Λίμνη Βουλισμένη, Límni Voulisméni) is a small lake located at the centre of the town of Agios Nikolaos on the Greek island of Crete. ... Greece and Crete Crete, sometimes spelled Krete (Greek Κρήτη / Kriti; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ...

External links

• Homepage of the Municipality of Agios Nikolaos
• Luxury Accommodation
• Budget Accommodation,