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Spinalónga Island has been settled since ancient times.
Or you can head even further north on the main island to the tiny coastal resort of Pláka and take a rowboat ferry to Spinalónga.
Here, on a small rocky sub-islet are the remains of the Venetian stronghold of Spinalónga, built in 1579 to protect the entrance to this sheltered bay.
You can also head to Spinalónga from here — a much shorter trip than from Ágios Nikólaos because the island lies just offshore.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Cretan council decided to open a leper colony on the island; whether this was an attempt to force the Turks to leave is open to debate but the disease was rampant on the main island and Spinalónga’s position — offshore yet not too remote — was considered ideal for study of the disease and a quarantine for its sufferers.