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Photos: This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and send me a message. This image is not in the public domain. Please respect the copyright protection. It may only be used according to the rules mentioned here. This specifically excludes use in social media, if applicable terms of the licenses listed here not appropriate. Please do not upload an updated image here without consultation with the Author. The author would like to make corrections only at his own source. This ensures that the changes are preserved.Please if you think that any changes should be required, please inform the author.Otherwise you can upload a new image with a new name. Please use one of the templates derivative or extract., Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Cayambe, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Moonik, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
A quiet stretch of the Venetian walls
Your local guide
Sofia Chalkiadaki
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Highlights
- A quiet stretch few visitors walk
- Grass-covered Venetian bastions
- A writer's grave on the city walls
- A siege that lasted twenty years
- Distant mountains on a clear day
About this tour
This session follows a quiet stretch of the Venetian walls that most visitors never walk, from a small park to the grave of one of Crete's best-known writers. You see the grass-covered bastions up close and hear how the fortifications were built to withstand a siege lasting over twenty years. It stays on this one section throughout.
I keep a steady running pace turned into a walking one for the call, letting the walls and the view register before moving on, and pause properly at the writer's grave. Questions come whenever you want to stop.
This suits anyone who prefers a quieter corner of the city to its busiest squares. It also works well early in the morning, when the light along the walls is at its best.
Included
- Live video walk with a local guide
- Questions to your guide all the way
- A short list of places to visit later
Not included
- Internet connection
- Travel to the city
Itinerary
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Welcome and sound check 5 min
The guide joins the video call, checks the picture and sound with you, and gives you a quick sense of Heraklion before heading out.
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El Greco Park 21 min
You see a small shaded park set against the old Venetian walls, and I explain why it carries the name of the Cretan-born painter better known abroad by his Spanish nickname.
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Martinengo Bastion 21 min
The camera follows the grass-covered bastion, and I stop where the writer Nikos Kazantzakis is buried, reading the line carved into his gravestone.
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Your questions 9 min
Time to ask anything about Heraklion: prices, safety, food, or whatever you are curious about.
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A short list to keep 4 min
Before you go, the guide sums up with a few things worth remembering: a dish to try: Apaki (smoked pork) and Harbour district, worth a slower look.
Good to know
- A stable wifi or mobile connection makes the picture smoother than a shaky one.
- Any phone, tablet or laptop with a camera works. You watch, the guide does the walking.
- Times are shown in Athens time, so check the time where you are before you book.
- The session is not recorded, and recording it yourself is not allowed. Feel free to take your own notes.
- Ask questions any time, out loud or in the chat. The guide will pause to answer.
- Sessions run in small groups, up to 9 people, so there is room for everyone to ask something.
Questions about this tour
What will the session cover?
The guide walks through Heraklion, showing you El Greco Park and Martinengo Bastion live on camera, plus whatever else you would like to see.
What happens if my connection drops?
Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up on anything you missed.
Can I ask the guide questions during the session, or is it a fixed script?
Anything, any time. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.
How it works
- You get one join link after booking.
- Join from any device: phone, tablet or laptop.
- We meet on Google Meet and the link comes with your booking. I run this route most mornings, so the pace stays natural rather than staged.
Times shown in Athens time (EET)
Cancellation
Flexible
- Cancel up to 24 hours before the start: full refund.
- Cancel less than 24 hours before the start, or no-show: no refund.
- If the guide cancels or the date does not reach its minimum group: full refund.
- Cancel in My Account → Bookings; the refund is calculated from the start time in the tour's local time.
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