The last prefecture of island, the prefecture of Lasithi startle with its intense oppositions, while with the blinding shine of worldwide known coastal tourist resorts and the luxurious hotel units, strikes the core of tradition and genuine Cretan hospitality.

Capital of prefecture is Agios Nikolaos and the summertime is transformed in a big bar full from all sort of people that love the amusement and the spree. Thus the capital is a modern cosmopolitan town, administrative and commercial centre of prefecture that apart from the streets round the lake and the harbour, does not differ in nothing from a urban centre of continental Greece.

Interest in order to visit are, Archaeological Museum in Konstantinou Palaiologou street, the Koundoureios Municipal Library as well as the Folklore Museum that is accomodated in the ground floor of port authority next in the bridge of canal that connects waters of lake Voulismenis (signal of deposited Agios Nikolaos) with Cretan Sea. You should visit without fail the unique pinewood in entire Europe with above 5.000 palms that are found in Vai.

The Eastern region of Crete, in Sitia, with ravines, the abrupt rocks and the gorges, is offered for extreme sports, as crossings, climbing, parapente, etc. Marvelous and ideal for swimming are the around beaches.