Location
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Accessibility
Ramps, lifts and accessible toilets are available for all the university departments and facilities, including the libraries, restaurants, student societies and sports facilities.
Reports of damages &/or complaints about access facilities: contact the Secretary of your Department &/or the Office of Student Affairs or directly to the Technical Services offices on your campus.
The University Library
For “printed-disabled” users, i.e. students and staff with visual impairments and/or with disabilities that mean they are unable to read a printed text in a conventional way, the Library offers the following facilities
a) Two workstations with full Internet access and support equipment for users with visual impairments and also for users with mobility problems in the upper extremities, including display unit allowing tactile access to Braille text &/or Braille printers; Voice composer Innoetics TTS Readers and screen readers.
b) Use of the Accessible Multi-modal Electronic Library (AMELib).
AMELib was created in the framework of the Association of Greek Academic Libraries (SEAB) and is addressed primarily to the users of the Greek academic libraries. The content of AMELib is continually enriched through the addition of titles by publishers and other entities. Print disabled users can request additional academic publications in an accessible electronic form that can then be accessed through the AMELib.
For access to the workstations and user registration at AMELib e-mail amea@lib.uoc.gr or contact by telephone:
Gallos Campus, Rethymnon: +30 28310 77844
Voutes Campus, Heraklion: +30 2810 393235
Getting to Crete
By air
There are airports in Heraklion (airport code: HER) and Chania (airport code: CHQ) with direct regular flights to/from Athens airport (duration 45 minutes), which is the main international hub for Greece. There are also regular flights to/from Thessaloniki and other domestic routes. Daily domestic and connecting flights are provided by Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air. During the summer months there are direct charter flights to airports in Crete and to most major European destinations.
There is a bus service and taxi rank at Heraklion airport. Rides between the airport and the city centre take approximately 10 minutes.
By ferry
There are daily ferries between Heraklion and the mainland port of Piraeus. Daily ferry services are also available directly between Piraeus to/from the Souda port in Chania. For information on schedules and prices, please visit the Minoan Lines and ANEK Lines websites.
By bus & ferry
The public bus service, KTEL, has combined bus-ferry schedules running daily to/from Heraklion and major towns in mainland Greece. For timetables and prices, please visit the inter-city KTEL website.
University Campus in Rethymno (Gallos)
The Schools of Philosophy, Education and Social Sciences are located at the University’s Gallos Campus in Rethymno:
Rethymnon is located 90 km west of Heraklion and 70 km east of Chania, linked by the island’s main east-west highway. Journey time from either destination to Rethymno is about an hour.
If you are arriving by air or sea in Heraklion or Chania, KTEL public bus service provides an economic means of getting to Rethymno. For timetables, please visit KTEL website. Taxis from Chania or Heraklion to Rethymno are also available from the taxi ranks at airports and ports.
Gallos University Campus is located about 4km from down town Rethymno. There is a regular bus service between the town and campus every 15-20 minutes. Alternatively, a taxi takes between 10-15 minutes.
University Campus in Heraklion (Voutes)
Voutes Campus is about 10km from Heraklion city centre, at the area of Vassilika Vouton. All Departments of the School of Science & Engineering (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Mathematics & Applied Mathematics, Computer Sciences,) as well as the School of Medicine and the adjoining University General Hospital are housed there.
There is a regular bus service every 15 minutes between Voutes campus and the city centre (Eleftheria’s Square), journey time about 35-40 minutes. Tickets can be purchased at kiosks next to bus stops, or ticket machines in central stops. Alternatively, a taxi takes about 20 minutes.
Rethymno and Heraklion Cities
RETHYMNO
The Old Town of Rethymno is built on the promontory of the northern beach.
Its Historical Center preserves, in a large part, the urban fabric of the Venetian period, with two central streets and small alleys leading to public and private buildings and some small squares.
The period of the Turkish occupation left its own architectural characteristics as kiosks were added to the buildings, symbols of the Muslim faith and inscriptions were added to the doors, the Venetian monasteries were converted into mosques with minarets, while fountains and baths were built, thus giving the city a new character.
Among the monuments of the Old Town stand out: the Fortezza (Venetian fortress), the Loggia (Venetian club), the Rimodi fountain (with the coat of arms of the Venetian governor Rimodi), the Guora gate (Great door) the central entrance of the Venetian land wall , the majestic church of St. Francis, the picturesque Venetian harbor, the mosques of Kara Musa Pasha, Neradze and more.
Rethymnon is a monument of architecture and tradition. The hospitality and warmth of the residents, the various events, the tasteful bars in the narrow streets of the historic center, the rakadikas with Cretan delicacies, the Venetian harbor with its Cretan cuisine shops, the Renaissance Festival, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the excellent nature beauty make Rethymnon an attractive state.
HERAKLION
Modern Heraklion offers many activities and pleasant daily life. There are many attractions and among them are the most ancient monuments and examples of the first civilization of Europe. South of the current city, are the palaces of Knossos.
In the center of Heraklion there are many monuments of the medieval times of Crete, which show its great prosperity in those years, such as the Loggia, which today houses part of the Services of the Municipality of Heraklion, the Basilica of Agios Markos which was built in 1239 and was the cathedral Temple of Crete (today houses the Municipal Art Gallery of Heraklion), the ornate fountain known as “Lions” built at the beginning of the 17th century by Francis Morosini, the Medieval Monastery of Agia Catherine which was the Cretan University of the Middle Ages, the Metropolitan Church of Agios Minas.
Also in the center is the large Archaeological Museum of Crete – with many thousands of visitors – who have the opportunity to see treasures from the Minoan, ancient, classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods of Crete, while west of the port is the Historical Museum of Crete, where treasures from the Byzantine, Medieval, and more recent times of the Megalonis are kept.
The city is surrounded by the Venetian walls, the largest fortification during the Venetian occupation, while Neoria and Koules are located in the port. Churches, fountains, bastions and medieval streets characterize Heraklion, a city with intense life.
