In the middle of the road between Sitia and the southcoast you´ll find the village Epano Episkopi. There you can take the designated road to Agios Spyridonas and Praisos. 300m behind Agios Spyridonas you´ll find the junction with another sign to Ancient Praisos.
The last few miles to the site are over a narrow and sometimes bumpy road (but not a dirt track). You'll end up on a parking lot with an information board at the bottom of a hill and the last part you're going to walk
The remains of the ancient town of Praisos are located on a hill.
There are remains of a temple, of houses and a city wall, but a lot of it is no longer intact. In the 2nd century BC Praisos was inhabited by the descendants of the Minoans. They had fled to this area in order to escape attacks by the Dorians, but eventually after a battle the town fell. Both Ieraptyna (nowadays Ierapetra) in the south and Itanos in the north were Doric towns and there were frequent conflicts about who had control of the temple of Zeus at Paleokastro. In 155 BC Praesos was destroyed by Ierapetra.
In Praisos stone tablets with letters, terracotta figurines and a quantity of coins were found. The letters on the stone tablets are Greek but nobody has been able to decipher them. They are now on display at the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. It is believed that it is the ancient Minoan language that is written in Greek alphabet.
To find the cache you have to go up the hill and from there down to a lower altitude plateau with ruins and a nice view to Sitia and the sea (à see waypoints).
Small note on cache maintenance: OMILOS has offered to help if needed.
Update 20.09.2025:
We have moved the cache because the previous path is now completely overgrown in places. It is now not far from the car park. However, it is definitely worth climbing the hill to see the excavations.