Pirgos is a lively village 50km south of Iraklion on the Iraklion - Knossos - Kounavi - Houdetsi - Pirgos road. It's at the crossroad for roads leading east to west, and roads leading north to south, and it's easy to miss your direction in this village, since as usual not everything is clearly marked and you have to look out for the signs pointing towards the different villages. From Pirgos you can also head into the direction of the village of Charakas, with its fortress and Byzantine church, and then head on to the sea side village of Tris Eklissies where you find wonderful beaches.

There are a couple of large and small churches in this small town and there are good supermarkets, a gas station, several banks, an ATM and plenty of restaurants and cafés. Every now and then there is a market where local products are sold. The largest church of the village is named the Agias Eirinis (Holy Peace) and it is cross shaped with a large dome in the middle. Next to it is a tall bell tower. At about a 100 meters from this church you will find the next large church with in front of it the remains of a Roman column.

On the east side of the town close to the little river and clearly marked is the fourteenth century church of Agios Konstantinos and Agios Georgios. The very friendly and proud people in the shop next to the church have got the enormous key and can open the door for you so you can take a look at the beautiful and well-preserved frescoes as well as some old inscriptions dating from 1314. The frescoes on the south aisle are unique in the Byzantine world since they present a series of events in the life of Byzantine Emperor Konstantinos the Great. Events from his birth, childhood, the crowning of his son and the battle on the Milvian bridge are shown.