« FESTOS » takes part in the European Local Democracy Week - a paneuropean event coordinated by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe - as « Partner city »
Situated in south-central Crete, the Festos municipality covers a total of 412.740 square meters with a population of about 25,000 inhabitants. It is connected with all of the metropolitan centres of Crete as well as all of the airports and harbours. Visitors arriving in Festos have the opportunity to discover numerous beauties, combining visits to cultural sites and beaches as well as to mountain heights such as Psiloritis and Asterousia.