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Old Stone Aqueduct – Knossos Palace loop from Pankritiko Stadium

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Old Stone Aqueduct – Knossos Palace loop from Pankritiko Stadium

Moderate

4.4

(5)

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Old Stone Aqueduct – Knossos Palace loop from Pankritiko Stadium

02:20

48.6km

590m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 35.0 km for 124 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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23.5 km

View of Heraklion from the Vineyard

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After a steep climb (according to the navigation system, sometimes 20%!) you will be rewarded with a magnificent view over Heraklion.

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33.1 km

If you are on Crete you have to see Knossos.
Guided tours quite expensive (in addition to the entrance fee), but you can also do Knossos without a guide. On days when there is not much going on, the guides will even agree to half the price.
Even the guides openly doubt the authenticity of the site, but not everything came from Arthur Evans' imagination.
After our tour, I went through the facility again for photos and saw other tours. Other guides sometimes tell different details.

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36.8 km

Heraklion Harbor and Morosini Fountain

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41.3 km

Heraklion Venetian Harbor and the Koules Fortress

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The port of Heraklion, also known as the Venetian port, is the historic port of the island's capital. Very beautiful with its small fishing boats and the small fish market, as well as the Venetian fortress Koules, which was built in the 16th century and located at the harbor entrance. The Venetian area (old warehouse) is in the immediate vicinity. From the harbor you can get directly into the streets of the old town and the Archaeological Museum. View of the Koules fortress and the harbor with the many fishing boats. The ferry and industrial port with a cruise ship terminal is further east.

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42.1 km

Koules Fortress (Castello a Mare)

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It's always amazing what people were able to build in the past.

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42.5 km

Koules Fortress and the Venetian Harbor, Heraklion

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Harbor basin for small fishing boats and sports boats.

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42.8 km

Venetian Shipyards of Heraklion

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In the port of Heraklion, we still see a part of the shipyards (arsenals), which consist of large elongated cupolas. These are the shipyards of the Venetians, where they have housed, stored, built and repaired their ships.

Each dome was designed for a galley and there were three different complexes of 19 shipyards built in different chronological periods. The complexes were: Arsenali Antichi, Arsenali Vechi and Arsenali Nuovi.

Today we only see parts of five shipyards (4 from Vechi and 1 from Nuovi). The rest was totally destroyed during the construction of the coastal road in the early 20th century.

South and next to the Nuovi shipyard we can still see the large water tank of Zane with a capacity of 20,000 barrels. On the other side, to the west, we see the salt deposit, where the Venetians stored the precious salt that is traded throughout Europe.

Source:
cretanbeaches.com/de/st%C3%A4dte-auf-kreta/heraklion-stadt/venezianischer-hafen-von-heraklion/heraklion-venezianische-werften

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43.7 km

Archaeological Site

45.0 km

Beach

48.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

34.9 km

9.85 km

1.79 km

1.25 km

845 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

42.7 km

5.69 km

222 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (430 m)

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Weather

Wednesday 8 July

31°C

23°C

12 %

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Old Stone Aqueduct – Knossos Palace loop from Pankritiko Stadium

View of Heraklion from the Vineyard