The Venetian harbor and old town of Rethymno

Dive into Rethymno’s epic history from Ancient Greece to modern times

The old town of Rethymnon, with its tiny alley ways and beautiful doors. The Venetian harbour with the lovely terraces around, looking at the Egyptian Lighthouse. Experience the huge Fortezza on the hill and be amazed by the view over the city and the sea.

With the use of the VoiceMap app it happens all (kind of) automatically. Install the app and purchase the code for this city walk in the webshop and follow my instructions as you wonder through the old town.

Start the tour next to the new harbour, only meters away from the old Venetian harbour. Learn more about the history and get informed how this town got her name. Wander along museums, churches and statues and get their stories into detail. All the way, you have control over your own time schedule. You can stop where ever you like, or sit down for a coffee or a snack. This audio tour will bring you pass pastry shops, the minaret, the famous fountain and of course will guide up to the Fortezza.  This Venetian style harbour town is a lovely place to explore via this GPS interactive city walk.

also in Dutch

on the VoiceMap app – GPS interactive.

the minaret of Rethymno, one of most picturesque images of the town

Directions to starting point:

The starting point of the city walk Rethymnon is the parking area next to the entrance of the new harbour. The street name is called Leofori Emmanouil Kefalogianni. If you come from the Heraklion area is the easiest to pass Rethymnon on the highway and drive around the city, so you avoid heavy traffic.

If you come by bus to Rethymno you can ‘join’ the city walk on another position in the tour, for example the one near the Municipal Garden. Except from the introduction words the tour will be the same.

During the city walk Rethymnon you visit the old Venetian harbour, with Venetian style pirate boats

The old Venetian harbour in style

colourful alley ways on the way down from the fortezza

Idyllic images in tiny alleyways

the Neratze mosque photographed from the Mikrasiaton square

The Ottoman Neratze Mosque

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Boring <<– | –>> Informative 95%
Easy <<– | –>> Difficult 15%
Funny <<– | –>> Serious 70%
Youngsters <<– | –>> All ages 80%
VoiceMap interactive GPS city walk in Heraklion

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Places to stop along the way:

Old Venetian harbour, the Egyptian Lighthouse, Venetian Loggia, Archaeological Museum, Metropolitan church, Church of Four Martyrs, Municipal Gardens,  Pastry work shop, Historical Museum, Minaret, Neratze Mosque, Rimondi Fountain, Fortezza,  Icon work shop, Museum of Contemporary art and all the picturesque alley ways through old town that connects these sights.

Length of the tour:

Just by walking and listen to the information the tour takes about 2,5 hours without visiting the fortress. If you do the whole audio tour, with the fortress included it will take around an hour extra. So around 3,5 hours. But this is without any stops for drinks, lunch or visiting one or more of the museums. This city walk is made with the idea of ‘a whole day out’ in the beautiful old town of Rethymnon.

Best time of day:

You can experience this city walk Rethymno all day long. Use shadow areas to wait and listen the audio items.

Precautions:

Due to the length of the audio information it’s wise to bring your smartphone battery charger or an extra power bank, to avoid that your battery runs out of power.

It’s easy to use the VoiceMap app and let the hardware do the work for you. No worries when to play the next audio file and even a signal when you walk in the wrong direction.

Reviews about this city walk Rethymnon:

idyllic view over the Venetian harbor of Rethymno during the city walk Rethymnon

This is really something I would like to recommend to everyone. The way you experience the city is just amazing. Thank you so much.

I give it: 5 out of 5 stars

Monique, Tourist

Lots of items to see and all the information provided. Just great. I had a really good day in Rethymno. Looking forward to use VoiceMap also in other cities.

In my opinion a well deserved: 5 out of 5 stars

Robert, language student on tour

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selfie in the harbour during my final check of the city walk Herakion

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    • Walk to the Egyptian lighthouse in the harbour
    • Learn about the dolphin symbol and how the city got her name
    • Admire the Venetian loggia
    • Visit the Archaeological museum of Rethymno
    • Go inside a Greek Orthodox Church and study the Iconistasi
    • Be guided about the name endig -akis in one of the shopping streets
    • Walk through the Nueva Porta, after you looked at the well
    • Listen to the heartbraking story of the Four New Martyrs
    • Listen to the heartbraking story of the Four New Martyrs
    • Visit the municipal gardens end enjoy the quietness
    • Be inspired by the old age local still making phyllo and kantaifi
    • Have a look inside into the Historical Museum
    • Admire the minaret and the Neratze mosque
    • Photograph the Rimondi fountain in the city centre
    • Walk up to visit the Fortezza of Rethymnon
    • Visit he Byzantine icon workshop of Alexandra Kaouki