Cressa or Kressa (Ancient Greek: Κρῆσσα) was a town on the coast of ancient Caria, which Pliny the Elder calls Cressa Portus, and places 20 M.P. from Rhodus.[1] It is also mentioned by Ptolemy.[2] Writing in the 19th century, William Martin Leake stated "that the excellent harbour of Cressa is now called Aplothíka by the Greeks, and Porto Cavaliere by the Italians; and on its western shore are the ruins of a Hellenic fortress and town, which are undoubtedly those of Loryma."[3]

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