KASTELOS FORTRESS IN VARYPETRO
Go several millennia back in time, to the Neolithic and Minoan times of Chania.
In Varypetro , 1.8 km far from the Varypetro settlement there is a long, rocky hill where a significant archaeological site, is located. On that hill, a visitor can see the ruins of the fortress walls of the acropolis and the acropolis itself as well as the “kastelos” which is also the main sight.
Kastelos, on the upper part of the hill is a big cemetery with burials in caves. In some of these caves there are traces of human existence from the Neolithic and minoan era have been spotted.
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