Experts' Choice Award Gortyna
3 expert reviews
Lonely Planet "There are two main sections to Gortyna, bisected by the main road...the most important Roman temples, baths and other buildings are actually on the other side of the street"
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Lonely Planet Top Choice
"Reached its pinnacle after becoming the capital of Roman Crete...at its peak, as many as 100,000 people may have milled around Gortyna's streets." Full review
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Fodor's "Appearing in Homeric poems, Gortyna was second only to Knossos in importance and flourished in the early centuries of Roman rule...it was the earliest Christian Cretan city." Full review
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