The Guverneto Monastery is situated at the northeast end of Akrotiri, on a location full of lentisks, thyme, wild olive trees and carob trees.

The Convent of Chrysopigi, just outside Chania, is dedicated to Mother Mary, the Life-Giving Font (Panagia Zoodochos Pigi).

It is situated near the village of Kolymbari and it is one of the best preserved monasteries on Crete; it looks like a fort and has a three

The Monastery of Chrysoskalitissa is built on a rock at the south-west end of Crete.

Arkadi Monatery is perhaps the best known monastery on Crete due to the Holocaust of 1866.

The Church of Panagia ton Myriokefalon in the village of Myriokefala served as the catholicon of the Monastery of Panagia Antifonitria, dating back to the 11

Profitis Ilias Monastery is located on rocky, elevated terrain near the village Roustika.

An old men's monastery, located 12km east of Rethymno, in the Pangalochori community, possibly founded during the 2nd Byzantine period (961-1204).

The convent located near Rethymno was probably founded by Byzantine ascetics who lived as nuns in caves within the region.

Attali Monatery at Bale is located on the hills of Agia Ypakoi near Bali and is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.