Excursions
A few words about places worth visiting in Crete:
Rethymnon.
The city of Rethymnon even now maintains the beauty of Renaissance. It is a mix of cultures with venetian and ottomans buildings and high turkish minarets. You may visite the castle of Fortezza, take a walk to the venitian port and enjoy a coffee at the spectacular seafront with the dozens of palm trees.
Knossos, Heraklion City, Archeological Museum.
On this tour you will travel east along the north coast of the island direction to Heraklion.
The tourist has the opportunity to visit one of the most famous archeological sites in the world, the minoan Palace of Knossos, the center of the Minoan civilisation which flourished 4000 years ago.
In Heraklion, the vibrant capital city of Crete you will visit the archeological museum with all the important findings of minoan era.
Heraklion has a long and interesting history hrough the centuries. You may visit the venitian walls and the castle of Koule at the old venitian port.
Chania city and Kournas Lake
On this tour you may visit the most beautiful city of Crete. In Chania the tourist schould visit the famous old market, the old town with its narrow streets and the picturesque Venetian port, wonderful at any time of the day.
The influence of many civilizations through time is evident on the city’s monuments and you can see old buildings of venetian and ottoman design that give an atmosphere of Florence and Venice, combined with the culture and the character of Cretan people and their traditions.
Kournas is the only natural lake in Crete with fresh water, lying in a valley amoung the mountains, in a beautiful landscape, protected by the European program ” Natura” 2000. You will certainly enjoy the wonderful lake weather ,you may swim, go for a walk in the countryside or rent pedal boats and have fun.
Arkadi Monastery, traditional villages (Margarites, Melidoni), Melidoni Cave.
The excursion to the Monastery of Arkadi and the traditional villages of Melidoni with its cave and Margarites with its ce ramics, combines culture and christian faith, tradition and history. The Monastery of Arkadi was built in the 14th century and became the symbol of the Cretan resistance for freedom during the revolution against the Turks in 1866.
During the trip you will admire amazing sceneries of the central part of Crete. You may visit the pottery village of Margarites, and the beautiful village of Melidoni with its cave, famous for its stalactites and stalagmites and for the role it payed during the cretan revolution against the Turcs.
