You will find us here

Petalioti 2, Rethymno 74100, Crete, Greece
Google Earth Latitude 35°21'59.20"N Longitude 24°29'14.99"E

In our gallery you can find the full range of Nikos’ work, in many varieties of local woods.
It is open from April to October, Monday to Saturday
from 10.00 to 14.30, 18.00 to 22.30.


Nikos demonstrates outside the gallery during the season, ie from April to October,
Monday to Saturday, weather permitting.
Best times to see him working are 19.00 to 22.30.

Map of Crete

Rethymno is an historic town on the island of Crete, a Greek island in the middle of the Mediterranean. Rethymno is located towards the centre of the island on the Northern coast.

Map of Rethymno Town

This image shows the town in detail, and the red arrow indicates where my gallery and workshop can be found. It is located east of the town, 200 metres from the eastern harbour wall. It is in a small street 10 metres from the beach road, and not far from a large hotel called Porto Rethymno. You should see signs for the workshop and gallery on both sides of the street.

Travelling by Car to Rethymno
If you are travelling from the outskirts of Rethymno, eg Platanes, you will come into Rethymno on the old road, ie the only road other than the National Road that runs parallel to the sea. You should get onto the Beach road and you should look out for the signs for the gallery. Parking is dealt with further down this page.
If you are travelling from another town, eg Hania, Heraklion, Agios Nikolaos, you will approach Rethymno by the National Road, the only road on Crete that is vaguely like a motorway, and which goes from east to west along the North Coast of Crete.

If you are coming to Rethymno from the East (Heraklion, Ag Nikolaos) you should exit the National Road when you see the sign for Amari. Follow this down to the T junction. Here you need nerves of steel as this is a busy junction and hardly anyone will give way or indicate which direction they want to go in. Go left and directly right to take the road that is almost opposite the junction. Follow this road to the end, where you will see the sea and then turn left onto the beach road. Travel for about 1.5 kilometres and you should see the signs for the gallery. See Parking below.

If you are travelling to Rethymno from the West (eg Hania, sometimes spelt Chania), you will know when you are at the Rethymno junction as there will be a diversion as they are currently (2004) building an underpass for the Rethymno junction so you will follow a diversion for about half a kilometre and then follow the signs for Rethymno NOT Heraklion. This will take you from the National Road into Rethymno. Carry straight on down into the town, for a short while you will see the sea on your left until you hit the town centre. You will pass the town gardens on your right and you will be obliged to turn right - one way system - and then shortly you will turn first left, just after the entrance to a car park. Follow the traffic(ie sort of straight on) for about a kilometre, go past the large 'Champion' supermarket on your right and at the next junction you will do a quick left and then right. You are now in the Kallithea suburb. You will soon see a petrol station on your right and a shop called MOKA on your left. Turn next left after the 'the petrol station - it is not far. you will drive past a small park on your right, then a church with parking in front. Park here. Continue walking down this road to the beach road - you will see the sea. Porto Rethymno hotel will be on your left, the sea in front of you, Haagan Dazs cafe on your right. Turn right, go past the Haagan Dazs cafe, the supermarket and turn right into a small street, you should see the signs for the gallery and the lathe outside.

Parking
You can either park by the church, which is a 3 minute walk away from the gallery, or down by the Marina which is a 6-8 minute walk. Assuming you can get to the Beach Road, you will find the St George church (with parking) by turning into the road between 'Pagliaccio' restaurant and 'Steris' Hotel. Then take the first right, continue along this past the first very small road intersection(this is Petalioti Street), then at the next junction turn left and after about 30 metres you will see the parking areaa and the church. Park there and walk back down to the sea and the Beach road. Turn right by the Taverna on the corner, past the supermarket and the next small street has the gallery.

If you want to park in the Marina carpark you will find it where the Eastern Harbour wall is marked on the map above. Within the harbour area is a large tarmaced carpark, you can't miss it. There are railings running parallel to the road. Park there and walk away from the town ie east and in about 6 minutes you will see the signs for the gallery, just past the Hotel 'Porto Rethymno'.

Travelling by Bus
If you take the local bus service it will bring you to the bus station which is past the Fortezza on the opposite side of town to our gallery. If you are coming from the East of Crete try asking the bus driver if he can drop you in Kallithea, more specifically at 'Vio' (spelt Bio but pronounced Vio)which is close to the fire station I mentioned above. This means you are only a 5 minute walk from the gallery. If you get dropped at the bus station it is about 3 kilometres from the gallery, get a taxi and ask for Porto Rethymno hotel, he may know Petalioti Street but for sure he will know Porto Rethymno. Otherwise it is a nice walk from the bus station if it is not too hot. Walk along the road that skirts the sea, round the Fortezza, past the harbour and onto the beach road which you will follow east until you see the signs for the shop, just past Porto Rethymno hotel.