A village in the municipality of Heraklion with the 'Kallikratis "in a beautiful natural environment with great history and tradition.

This two residential complexes (Old and New, 200 meters apart) which are 20 kilometers from Heraklion on the old Messara - Phaistos at an altitude of about 300 meters. The new settlement was created after 1955, while in the Old Venetian times.

At an altitude of 244 meters and a distance of about 10 km the road Iraklion - Viannos (detour from the new highway after BI. IP. Heraklion) is the Skalani Kallikratous belonging to the Municipality of Heraklion.

The Nychteridospilio (bat cave) of Ano Asites, with a depth of 100 metres, which is one of the 4 major caves of Psiloritis for bats.