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Agia Pelagia
There is a regular bus service to Heraklion, with its bustling town life, 20 km away. It’s a good position from which to set off sightseeing, or to explore some of the more interesting villages. Particularly worthwhile, are for example the Archeological museum of Heraklion, the famous Minoan Palace at Knossos, and a trip to Rethymno with its old Venetian and Turkish quarter, and picturesque harbour.
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A
modern tourist village, about 20 km west of Heraklion (a 30 minute
journey), stretching along the shores of an attractive sheltered bay,
which is beautifully protected from the occasional summer winds. It
is the long beach with enticing golden sand, and white shingle, that
accounts for the popularit
