Rethymno was built by the Venetians in the thirteenth century. Keeping your Oriental flavor: narrow streets with buildings of Venetian and Turkish buildings, thin spires of minarets and turrets of the mosques; shops with Handicrafts, taverns, surrounded by warehouses of local wines, Rethymno in the mean time, today is a modern city, which offers all the benefits of civilization.

Above the town rises the fortress of Fortezza, built in 1574. In the fortress is well preserved, only the outer wall with four bastions. Nearby is the restored building of the barracks, which now hosts the Archaeological Museum of the city. The Museum's exposition consists of the most valuable archaeological finds of this County, and a rich collection of ancient coins.

In the building of the loggia of the XVI century, was once the meeting place of the Italian and Byzantine aristocracy to talk about politics, to conclude trade deals, play cards. Near the marble fountain Rimondi (1588), where the water is flowing from the lions ' muzzles between four fine half-columns with Corinthian capitals.