Well good morning and today we're going for our first little
drive out of Agios Nikolaos up to
the old village of Kritsa, apparently there's been a settlement there since
Minoan times but the main village started during the
medieval period. It's quite traditional and
Cretian style so that's where we're going and if we
have a time we're going to go to the ancient greek
city of Lato which is nearby so anyway let's get going. Are we going to
an olive oil farm? We may do we don't know yet anyway let's
go.
On the way to Kritsa it's worth stopping
at the church of Panagia Kera we have to forgive how we pronounce
these words but anyway, forgive the sound of the
insects, yeah. Listen to those insects but anyway it's definitely worth
the stop on the way to the town of Kritsa.
So that was a quick look at the interior of the church.
I forgot to mention it dates from the 13th century
so definitely worth a stop so now we're going to carry on
to the village of Kritsa.
I don't think it's woken up yet it's very quiet here.
All the local men just seem to sit outside the cafes all day don't they.
Having coffee like you yeah it sounds like a good way of life to me.
It's too hot to do anything, there's a little coffee shop here.
Do you want to sit down yeah, let's sit here.
It's nice and cool here as well.
A little old lady's been giving Mel the hard sell.
Trying to get her to buy the lace.
That was Kritsa and now we're going to go on to
the ancient city of Lato where there's no taverna Mel.
So Marcus has already summoned it up it's just a few old rocks.
Aaah, ancient rocks, you can say that about Stonehenge.
We're not professional tour guides. There's a few cars here.
We've all come to look at the ancient city of Lato
We're here at Lato
which is one of the ancient Doric cities so we can have a look around, it
thrived in the fourth to the second-century bc, that's
very old. Doing a bit of culture Mel that's
almost as old as you. You know your culture don't you.
There's a small entrance fee only three euros a person and it's open
it says half past eight to three o'clock in the
afternoon, let's go in.
And important to us as we're getting old it's got toilets here.
Modern ones, not fourth-century bc toilets.
you can see the remains all over the mountainside
those gray stones
it's quite big
If you do come you may want to wear trainers and not flip-flops.
It's always amazing to think this doorway and these walls have been around
for two and a half thousand years.
Wo that's looking out and the town you can see
that's Agios Nikolaos. So that was Lato it takes some working
out to find out what each place is
as the map is quite confusing but after a few minutes you
get a picture as you come in you go through the main gate
then you go up some steps and on the left are terraces
and on the right are some workshops then you come to the main plateau area
with a temple on the left and the main water supply.
We're driving back to Agios Nikolaos.
So it was a good day wasn't it Mel, it was yeah
one little thing you haven't said it that I had a little fall.
Yeah Mel fell in Lato, all the old steps she was fine, Mel fell by the toilet
on the modern steps yeah so I got really scuffed knees.
Anyway apart from that it was a good little trip
Yes and not a lot of driving either 15-20 minutes between places yes
definitely recommended if you want to get out of Agios Nikolaos and do a
little bit of culture, yeah, anyway
Welcome to Agios Nikolaos.