City Walk Rethymnon

Name: City Walk Rethymnon
Address: Arkadiou, Réthimnon, GR
Telephone: +31643875940

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City Walk Rethymnon You like to enjoy this vibriant Venetian harbour city, called after the Rithmi - dolpins. Use the Vo

15/05/2024

Stairway to heaven !

11/05/2024

is it itching yet?
are your bags packed yet?
did you purchase new sunscreen and swimming trunks?

and what about the city walk through that Venetian old town?

check out Routaki.com or Voicemap.me

Happy holidays!!!

08/05/2024

All crafted by hand:
The most significant musical instrument in Crete is the lyre, a three-dimensional bow and string instrument with its pear-shaped torso held in front of the body, placed on the knee, and played with a bow. The lyre's torso is crafted from a single piece of carefully selected white or black cedar wood.

The second classical instrument in Cretan folklore music is the bouzouki, available in six or eight sides. The smaller version is called the baglamas. Other instruments commonly used include the lute and the mandolin.

Go and have a look yourself. The shop of Mr. Papalexakis is next to the mosque in the middle of Rethymnon.

02/05/2024

The Egyptian lighthouse in three different situations.

Are you ready to explore it yourself?

A GPS-interactive city walk available in both English and Dutch in the VoiceMap app or on the platform ->
https://voicemap.me or via https://routaki.com

26/01/2024

The minaret of Rethymnon viewed from a different angle.

You can also make this picture. Use leave the route of the city walk and explore the Mikrasiation square.

If you are done, walk back to the alley and press 'Resume' and your city walk will continue through the tiny Venetian style streets of this beautifull city.

26/06/2023

This statue of the dolphins 🐬 illustrates and image that was found on coins in the area of Rethymnon.

One of these coins is today depicted as the crest of the town: two dolphins in a circle. These animals gave the city its name.

The first evidence of human presence in the region dates back from around 1300 BC in the so-called post-Minoan period most notably through these Minoans centered at Kydonia, which is east of Rethymno.

Gold and silver coins have also been found, dating from the 4th and 3rd centuries BC and are proof that the ancient city “Rithymna” was already prospering at that time.

Enjoy the richness of the area by using this city walk through the VoiceMap app.

05/06/2023

Kostis Giampoudakis
and the tragedy of Arkadi

The statue on the image is of Kostis Giampoudakis.
A Cretan hero, because he was the leading figure in the self-sacrifice action in the monastery of Arkadi on the 8th of November in 1866.

Arkadi, a monastery located south east of Rethymnon, served in those days as the headquarters of the Cretan rebellions during the start of the Great Cretan Revolution; a three-year uprising against Ottoman rule. It was the third and largest one in a series of revolts up until Crete was finally independent in 1898.

An army of 15.000 Ottoman soldiers with 30 cannons attacked the monastery, which held at that time 259 Cretan defenders and over 700 women and children. They had taken refuge in the monastery.

After three days of battle the Ottoman Turks had killed all rebels and had broken through into the monastery. The abbot Gabriel had no others choice than to give the orders to set the barrels of gunpowder present in the armoury on fire.

Kostis Giampoudakis received these orders and lit the barrels, giving a glorious death to the Greeks, as not to fall prisoners by the enemy.

You will pass the statue while scrolling through Rethymno, using the VoiceMap city walk.

16/05/2023

Colourful Rethymnon is waiting for you. Bougainvillea everywhere !!!

Enjoy your stroll through town.

13/05/2023

Of course you are gonna visit this lovely family when you use the audio tour in the VoiceMap app.

Say hi from AJ

or maybe they know me better as Mr. Routaki

13/05/2023

Live from Rethymnon. Good to visit this lovely city.
The sun made the Venetian Loggia look even more beautiful.

And the food and friendliness in taverna Kyria Maria was again so fine.

Do you also like to enjoy this city with its friendly people?

Go and have a look. Use VoiceMap as your guide. A time schedule is not necessary because you’re the boss!!

09/05/2023

When you on top of the Venetian Fortezza of Rethymnon one of the first things you will encounter is the Saint Elias Bastion. A demi-bastion at the south end of the fortress.

It contains the Erofyli open-air theatre, which was opened in 1993.

Most of the art and cultural events of the city take place here during the summer months. These activities aim to transform the city into a dynamic cultural centre, attracting visitors from different regions of Crete.

For sure worth a visit.

The VoiceMap city walk is made in a way that it’s your own decision to visit the Fortezza yes or no.

Up to you 😉

07/05/2023

Just some gorgeous images we found on the internet. All credits to the photographer(s).

When is your turn to make these kind of pictures?

Book your holiday to Crete soon.

06/05/2023

Maybe you wonder where this city walk with automatic GPS audio info starts…..

Decided was for an easy parking location close to the Venetian harbour.

Directions to starting point:

The starting point 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.

Enjoy while walking. If you listen to the tour in a lazy position on your coach, it doesn’t matter where you start 😂

04/05/2023

The minaret of Rethymnon was added to the adjacent mosque in 1890.
This mosque was originally constructed as a church by the Venetians dedicated to Santa Maria.
When Crete fell to the Turks in 1857, Gazi Hussein Pasha converted it into the Neratze mosque.

The building is nowadays used as the Municipal music conservatory or Odeon of Rethymnon and has held numerous musical performances at its premises.

Of course you will pass it if you use VoiceMap’s city tour made by AJ.
Available in English and Dutch.

01/05/2023

Protomagia

While it’s also officially Labour Day, the first day of May on Crete is associated with the custom of Protomagia, a celebration of the awakening of nature after a long period of winter and dates back to Ancient Greece.

The month May was named after the Greek Goddess Maia, who was linked with the Ancient Roman goddess of fertility.

Many festivities take place in and around the cities and villages.

Many people traditionally go to the countryside for a picnic, to fly kites and gather wildflowers for a flower wreath called "Stefania" that people hang on the front doors of their houses to welcome spring.

29/04/2023

A view over Rethymnon you not often see.

The Fortezza, with on the right of it the old Venetian style city centre.
On the back the larger modern harbour, with on the right of that the beautiful long sandy beaches.

Come on over and enjoy the city with the help a self-sightseeing tour, with the aid of the VoiceMap app.
Make your own time schedule and do the the thing YOU like to do.

23/04/2023

This beautiful lighthouse was built in the 1800s by Egyptians. The harbour was already operating in the Byzantine period, but flourished during the Venetian period, particularly from the 1300’s on, after the silting problem was solved, a solution that still holds today.

Visit this lighthouse and make amazing pictures of the Old Venetian harbour of Rethymnon, while walking the guided city walk through Rethymnon.

Guided but still independent. You decide when to stop and when to walk. It’s all possible die to the VoiceMap app software.
Install the app via the Apple store or Google play and enjoy !!!

16/04/2023

Xρόνια Πολλά !!!

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Address

Arkadiou
Réthimnon

Telephone

+31643875940

Website

https://aj4u.info/city-walk-rethymnon

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The Venetian harbor and old town of Rethymno

The City Walk through Rethymnon is a marvellous example of how you can enjoy the VoiceMap app. You wander through town, follow the tips how to walk, watch once in a while on the screen to see where you are AND listen to all the wonderful information about what Rethimno has to offer.

No hustle when to play an direction-instruction, because it all happens automatically on GPS positions.

And as a guest you a free to go where ever you want and when ever you like. No time stress, nothing is mandatory and it’s even possible to enjoy all the items when you’re back home in your hotel room.

So, install the app (for free) and enjoy the AUDIO TOUR in Rethimno, with the title:

A bit different than back in the days. In 2006 AJ started with Routaki routes. Informative car routes with CD’s or cassettes that provides the so called RAGiF’s --> Routaki Audio Guide info Files (nowadays called Ipods).

Guests were given these driving instructions in paper form, how to get where on the island of Crete and when to play the CD, so they could listen to the information provided in audio form.

Now 13 years later VoiceMap takes care of it all !!!

This city walk is also available in the Dutch language on the Routaki.com website.

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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

Best time of day:

You can experience this citywalk Rethymnon all day long. Use shadow areas to wait and listen the audio items. About the 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.

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.

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