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The village of Voriza is 53km southwest of Heraklion on the Heraklion - Agia Varvara - Gergeri - Zaros - Voriza road. Below (south) the village is the Varsamonero Monastery, down a dirt track. Only the church of Agios Fanourios remains of the monastery. Vorizia is a historic settlement of shepherds with 610 inhabitants (2001 census). Along with several other villages of Crete, Vorizia were utterly destroyed during WWII because of the participation of its inhabitants in the resistance against the German occupation.Northeast of the village, up on Psiloritis, is where the hideout of the resistance captain Petrakogiorgis. After the war, the state built the settlement of Nea Vorizia in a new location; however, the people decided to rebuild their old village and settle there anew. Today, on the road to the village one can see the ruins of "Nea Vorizia".On the 15th of August of every year, celebrations take place in the village in honour of the resistance against the German occupation. Nikolaos Malikoutis, one of the important leaders of the 1821 revolution was also from Vorizia. By taking the path that crosses the Nida gorge, one can also reach the Nida plateau on Psiloritis.Last but not least must be mentioned also the olive trees on the cultivated hill crests at the village of Voriza.
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