Explore Agios Nikolaos

Lasithi begun to develop tourism since the 1960s and today is is a cosmopolitan tourist resort that attracts thousands of visitors each year.
The characteristic feature of the "Agios", as the locals call the town, is Lake Voulismeni where, according to ancient myths, Artemis and Athena were bathers, as well as the beautiful neoclassical buildings that grow around the small harbor and on the uphill streets of the city.
 

The city lives mainly from tourism, but despite its tourist development it has not lost its graphic character. Every summer, the harbor and the lake is full of restaurants, cafés and shops, becomes a favorite boulevard of locals and visitors.
To the east of thelake there is another popular spot of Agios Nikolaos, the beach of Kitropoleia, which there are many good ouzeries and cafes overlooking the sea.