The village of Voila is 1km away from the village of Handras or Chandras, on the way to Katelionas-Sitanos-Karidi villages. It is a medieval deserted village protected by the Archaeological Offices of Eastern Crete.

Passing through the village's alleys you can still see the ruins of old houses and their rooms, their venetian features and  through this sacred silence of the place you have the impression that you hear the Byzantine king, the medieval knight or the Turk fighter gallop away.

Etia is a small settlement situated in the Municipality of Lefki. It's 2 kms far from the village of Papagianades driving to the village of Armeni. In a Venetian census was recorded with a population of 564.

The village of Etia was at peak of its power around the Venetian occupation and from the presence of the St. John and St. Aikaterini churches one assumes that the village also existed through the Byzantine period as well.

The important ancient city of the archaeological site Pressos was the homeland of the Eteocretans--the true Cretans. These people withdrew to these three hills, built a city and continued their Minoan culture when the Dorians invaded.

Remains of an older and newer city were found as well as very important tablets written in the Minoan language using Greek characters. This may help in the deciphering of the Minoan language.

Gournia - the ancient name of which is not known - is the most characteristic of the excavated medium-size settlements, dated to the period of the peak of the Minoan culture (Late Minoan I period: 1550-1450 B.C.).

The settlement of Vasilike is one of the first Minoan settlements with town-planning.

It occupies the top and slopes of a low hill near the village Vasilike, in the vicinity of the Minoan settlement of Gournia.

The Palace of Kato Zakros is located 26 kms south of Palekastro. Its position shelters it from the dangerously strong north winds that pass Cape Sidero on the north-east tip of Crete.