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Written by Web Master
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Charming Agios Nikolaos is the of capital of lasithi located 60 km from the capital of Crete Heraklion (which has an international airport).Agios Nikolaos is a modern town built on the north western point of Mirambelo bay. It is the administrative , cultural and communications center of the prefecture and attracts many tourists because of its picturesqe harbour and many intersting sites of the surrounding area.
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It has many high quality hotels and rooms of every kind as well as beautifull beaches, a good road network, frequent busses and a daily ferry boat service linking it to destinations both within the prefecture and beyond it.Today it is a cosmopolitan center throbbing with life , with elegant shops , restaurants , tavernas ,bars ,discos etc., where one can have unforgettable holidays and indulge in a wide variety of interesting and enjoyable activities. |
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Agios Nikolaos is built on the site of the ancient town of Lato towards Kamara , which was a seaport of Lato Hetera. It flourished during the third century B.C and being an autonomous city it minted its own coins. During the Roman and early Byzantine periods it continued to flourish and is mentioned as a bishop's See in the 6th Century AD.
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After this time , our information
concerning the town grows scant and we only find it mentioned again
durring the Venetian period, when the Venetian occupiers built
Merambello (meaning lovely view ) fortress, on a hill near the sea
where the headquaters are sittuated today in order to protect the small
port.Nothing remains of this fortess but its name, which has now
extended over the entire province.And the bay which it once dominated. |
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Agios Nikolaos 
