15th of August in Neapoli

It is the biggest festival in the prefecture and one of the biggest in Crete which forms part of the festivities for the fifteenth of August (the Assumption of the Virgin Mary). Neapoli has a huge square in its centre on which, every year, a unique two-day festival takes place with music and food. The event is part of a series of events that comprises religious (processions), sport (run from the top of Timios Stavros summit) and cultural events.