DISCOVER CRETE WITH US

Discover Crete with us

1st day:

WELLCOME on CRETE! Our assistant will meet you there and provide you all the necessary information concerning your itinerary and hotel accommodation. Heraklion is the biggest city of the island.

Sites to Visit during your free day: The massive Venetian walls, the medieval castle Koules in the Harbor, Morozini’s fountain in the center and other Venetian buildings & monuments, which gives a very special character to the city. The monastery of St. Catherine (Aghia Aikaterine - a metochi (dependency) of the monastery of synonymous on Mount Sinai) was an important cultural and artistic center from the 15th till 17thcentury. You can visit also the local market full with local products & souvenirs as well as the city center for leisure & shopping.

2nd DAY:

Only few kilometers south of Heraklion, Knossos, the capital of King Minos and the center of the magnificent Minoan civilization is located. Our visit here will take us a step back in time and some 4000 years, 2000 BC. Knossos and her Palace, famous throughout the world through the myths of Europa, the Minotaur, the Labyrinth and Theseus, Daedalus and Icarus, will open us a window to the most ancient civilization of Europe and its reality you can’t miss.

Knossos’ architectural feats include several storey buildings (first in the world) with light wells and bathrooms, impressive pillars and an ingenuous drainage system, aqueducts, irrigation systems, paved roads and magnificent frescoes. All these will impress you and show an advanced beautiful jewelry and a way of life you never thought possible in the dawn of history.

The visit to the town’s famous Archeological Museum, which is situated in the center of the city. The visit to the museum provides a very good knowledge of the masterpieces in specially designed wing, with selected items, the most representative of each period.

3rd day:

Driving along the North-East coast through the gorge of St George we reach the picturesque town of Agios Nikolaos. Here we board a boat and Spinalonga Cruise starts. A Cruise along the Mirabelo gulf. Passing the Kri-Kri Island, the Cave of the pirate Barbarossa and the bird island, we reach then the small island of Spinalonga.

Spinalonga has had a very chequered history and today, although uninhabited, still echoes with ghostly reminders of the past. The Venetians constructed a very impressive fortress with 40 cannons which has been guarding the bay since the 15th century. At the beginning of 19th century human pain and sorrow was scattered around this islet. It became a leper colony, the last active leper colony in Europe, and it remained so until 1957, when it was cleared by the Health Authorities, leaving the place uninhabited.

We then return to Agios Nikolaos where you have time to look at the shop windows and visit the bottomless lake, where the “Lotus Eaters” the well-known film was shot.

4TH DAY:

Drive through the city to the famous wine producing area of Scalani, south of Heraklion. The drive is through breath-taking landscape of countryside and vineyards as old as Minoan times. Our stop is in a modern winery, where you will see the updated methods of wine making and sample some of the delicious Cretan wines. The drive continues through the rural village of Scalani.

Then we continue for a city tour in Heraklion, where we may wander on road, around the city to see its sightseeing, the Venetian buildings and castle, the Venetian Harbor, the impressive Cathedral, the fountains, the open street markets to sense the heart of the city.

5TH DAY:

Departure Transfer

5days -4 nights stay

Heraklion City

3* Star

Hotel Olympic or similar

4* Star

Hotel Olive Green or similar

Party :1-3 pax in Taxi

1 Pax

In single

1613 1699
2 Pax

In Double

1699 1797
3rd ADT

Sharing DBL room & car

87 100
3rd CHD

Sharing DBL room & car

62 75

Party minimum :4-7 pax in Mini Van

1 Pax

In single

684 770
2 Pax

In Double

1080 1178
3rd ADT

Sharing DBL room & car

397 409
3rd CHD

Sharing DBL room & Car

217 229

Party minimum :8-12 pax in Mini Bus or Mini Van

1 Pax

In single

529 615
2 Pax

In Double

770 868
3rd ADT

Sharing DBL room & car

242 254
3rd CHD

Sharing DBL room & Car

143 155

The above rates include :

All legal taxes

Private Tours as per schedule

Private car or Mini Van or Mini Bus

Fuel

Official licensed guide

Road assistance

Private Transfers (arrival & departure)

Do not include

Entrance fees to the archeological places & museums

16 pp (Knossos -Museum)

8 pp (Spinalogka Island)

15 pp (Boat ticket & BBQ )

7 pp (wine tasting)