Aghios Nikolaos and its environs

Located in the Bay MI - rampellu Agios Nikolaos is a picturesque town with a population of 8,000 people. The number of tourists visiting it more many times. This is not surprising, because the bay, where the city is completely up to its name: "Mirampellu" means "beautiful view". And the city itself is a result of many changes have been addressed to the patron saint of fishermen of St. Nicholas. Unbelievable atmosphere gives the city a beautiful lake Vulismeni. This is one of two freshwater reservoirs in Crete. According to ancient legend, in its waters bathe herself the goddess of wisdom Athena. When - is considered a bottomless lake, and connected with the spirit world. In 1865, British Admiral Thomas Spratt made its first professional metering and found that the depth of the lake -65 m. After a few years, the Turks decided to join Vulismeni shallow channel to the port. Work lasted 5 years. Of course, in those days no one thought about the consequences of such interventions in the natural environment; earthquake in Tyre (Suntory - not) in 1956 sparked the rise of waves which flooded nearby homes. This event has awakened the imagination of the famous explorer Jacques Cousteau depths (1910 -1997), who immersed himself in these places in the submersible, but did not find anything worthy of attention, except for a few cars and tanks, which drowned the Nazis before they leave the island. The lake is very important for the city, because it is water and the sun attracts thousands of tourists here. Gulf Beaches Mirampellu hidden behind the rocky cliffs and small bays and breathtaking views from the lookout on the road to Elounda turn this place into a corner of paradise on earth. But what can be seen in Agios - Nikolaos than the beauties of nature? First of all, the Archaeological Museum, the second in quantity and quality of collections after the museum in Heraklion. The most valuable exhibits: Related to the Neolithic jail for fishing and bronze knives, extremely valuable figure of the goddess of Mitrosa, gold jewelry ranneminoyskoy era and sarcophagi, as well as the reconstructed tomb of a child buried in a mound pitose.