Frangokastello

Decentralized Administration of Crete · Greece

Frangokastello, Greece
Photo: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
late spring through early autumn
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A four-square Venetian fortress standing alone on the southern coast of Crete beside a shallow, sandy beach. Local legend tells of ghostly warriors, the drosoulites, who appear at dawn on the anniversary of a battle here.

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