Sitia (Greek: Σητεία) is a port town and a municipality in Lasithi, Crete, Greece. The town has 9,912 inhabitants (2011); the municipality has 18,318 (2011). It lies east of Agios Nikolaos and northeast of Ierapetra. Sitia port is on the Sea of Crete, part of the Aegean Sea and is one of the economic centers of the Lasithi region. European route E75, which ends in Vardø, starts in Sitia. Sitia is served by the Sitia Public Airport. Sitia has not experienced the effects of mass tourism even though there is a long beach along the road leading to Vai and several places of historical interest.
Population: 8,707
Latitude: 35° 12' 28.19" N
Longitude: 26° 06' 16.81" E
Paximadaki (Greek: Παξιμαδάκι) is an island within the small Dionysades group of islands off Sitia on the northeast coast of Crete. The group also includes Dragonada, Gianysada, and Paximada. Administratively this group comes within the Sitia munici…
Kavousi is a historic village in the municipality of Ierapetra in the prefecture of Lasithi in eastern Crete. Kavousi in Greek the Cretan dialect means water source (Greek: Πηγή). The village is situated 19 km(11.8 mi) northeast of Ierapetra, 26…
Gianysada (Greek: Γιανυσάδα, also Γιαννισάδα - Giannisada) is the southernmost island of the small Dionysades group of islands off Sitia on the northeast coast of Crete. The group also includes Dragonada, Paximada, and Paximadaki.
Dragonada (Greek: Δραγονάδα), also called Dragonara, is an island within the small Dionysades group of islands off Sitia on the northeast coast of Crete. The group also includes Gianysada, Paximada, and Paximadaki.
Agia Eirini (Greek: Αγία Ειρήνη, "Saint Irene"), is an uninhabited Greek islet near the port of Makrygialos, in the Libyan Sea, close to the southern coast of eastern Crete.
Prasonisi (Greek: Πρασονήσι, "leek island"), is an uninhabited Greek islet, in the Libyan Sea, close to the southern coast of eastern Crete.
Paximada (Greek: Παξιμάδα, "rusk") is the northernmost island of the small Dionysades group of islands off Sitia on the northeast coast of Crete. The group also includes Dragonada, Gianysada, and Paximadaki.
Mavros Vrachos (Greek: Μαύρος Βράχος, "black rock"), is an uninhabited Greek islet, in the Aegean Sea, close to the eastern coast of Crete.
Koutsouras (Κουτσουράς) is a village in Lasithi regional unit, in Crete, Greece 22 kilometers east of Ierapetra. Its population is 818 (2001 est.) It was the headquarters of the municipality of Makry Gialos (Dimos Makry Gialou) and is the biggest vi…
The Gulf of Mirabella, also called Mirabella (or Mirabello) Bay, is a body of water to the north of Lasithi on the island of Crete, which is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. The tourist town Agios Niko…
Sfaka is a mountain village in Crete, situated between Agios Nikolaos and Sitia.
Hagia Photia (also Ayia Photia, Agia Photia) is an archaeological site of a fortified ancient Minoan building on eastern Crete.
Chamaizi is an ancient archaeological site in eastern Crete with a Middle Minoan IA oval-shaped building.
Ziros (Greek: Ζίρος) is a village in the municipality Siteia, Lasithi regional unit, Crete, Greece.
Achladia is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan villa on eastern Crete.