Walk through Kritsa
Explore the old lanes, stone houses, small shops and everyday village life. The village itself gives context to many of the traditional objects and plant uses you see inside Rodanthi.
The village around the museum
Kritsa. A village shaped by Crete.
Stone lanes, mountain landscapes, Byzantine art, old crafts and living traditions. Rodanthi Museum belongs here because the story inside the museum begins in the landscape outside its door.
Free admission · voluntary donations welcome
Why Kritsa matters
The museum is part of the village, not separate from it.
Kritsa lies in the foothills of eastern Crete, close to Agios Nikolaos. Its streets, houses, fields and surrounding mountains preserve many of the relationships between people and nature that Rodanthi Museum explains inside its rooms.
A visit works best slowly: walk the village, see the museum, notice the plants and materials around you, and let the two experiences explain each other.
Images from Kritsa
Streets, olive trees and sacred places.
A village with a long memory
History is still visible in Kritsa.
Kritsa appears in records from the Venetian period and played a notable role during the Cretan Revolution. In 1823, after a major battle, the village was destroyed by Egyptian forces under Hasan Pasha. The village was rebuilt and continued to carry its traditions forward.
Make a day of it
Three places to combine with Rodanthi.
Panagia Kera
Just outside Kritsa, Panagia Kera is celebrated for its 13th- and 14th-century Byzantine wall paintings. Its three-aisled church is one of the area's most important historic monuments.
Ancient Lato
Continue toward the archaeological site of Lato for a wider view of the region's ancient past and the mountain landscape around Kritsa.
Back to Rodanthi
See the landscape, then see what George collected from it.
Inside Rodanthi Museum, the plants, fossils, natural dyes and traditional knowledge of Crete become tangible. Kritsa gives the collection its setting; the museum gives the landscape a voice.
See what's inside the museumVisit Kritsa · Visit Rodanthi
Make Rodanthi part of your day in Kritsa.
Admission to the museum is free. Voluntary donations on arrival help this independent, non-profit initiative continue preserving and sharing Crete's natural heritage.