Lassithi disposes of a full range of tourist infrastructures in the highest quality that anyone can find worldwide: from the plushy hotels of the Mirabello area, receiving hundreds of famous visitors form all over the world every year, to the hotels of a higher or average category, and the rest of the accommodation of the family- or even the farming-holiday type, which also stand out for the quality of the services offered and for their affordable prices.
Throughout the prefecture there are excellent restaurants, but also traditional taverns, which complete in the best way the main diptych of tourism: accommodation and restauration. All this, in conjunction with the mild climate and the almost constant sunshine, keep the good hotels open all year round, whereas the development of internet services renders the prefecture an ideal destination for winter- and tele-working tourism as well!
At all the tourist centres of the prefecture there are organised beaches offering sea sports. Tourist craft can dock at the marinas of Agios Nikolaos and of Sitia, but also at smaller sea retreats. In Agios Nikolaos, diving tourism develops, and international sailing competitions are held with great success, whereas other spots are ideal for specific sea sports, e.g. Palekastro for surfing.
The transport network, as well as the urban infrastructures, are in excellent condition and permit an easy and safe visit to the most important sights in the region. Projects for the remodelling of towns and villages carried out over the last few years have restored or created anew splendid common spaces, squares, old roads and back streets, green areas, and areas for recreation and walks. As for the countryside, in addition to the E4 European hiking trail, fine nature-loving and cultural trails have also been created, and visitors can follow certain parts of these by car or bicycle, and the rest (or, alternatively, even the full trail) hiking.
