About Crete

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My girlfriend and I decided to vacation in Crete for 2 week. As excited as we were, we were also worried about getting around the island. We wanted to enjoy the best that Crete had to offer. Enter Travel Crete Private Tours  -ex."1618 Travel Private Tours" . We sat down with Ioannis, the company's CEO, and came up with the best plan possible to see all the sites my girlfriend and I had always wanted to see, plus some places many don't know about. This was the best decision we could have m

 If you like to experience the most authentic, passionate Greece, the Greece's origin, Crete is your best choice. Knossos Palace and Heraklion Archaeological Museum are must-visit, and you could spend all day there. In Venetian old town, Chania is impressively beautiful day and night. The most famous Mediterranean beaches are everywhere, and you could find a secret and quiet one here. Most of all, you could embrace Cretan diet with superb satisfaction, especially the fresh se

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Don't limit your Archaeological sight-seeing to Knossos! Although wonderful, this home of the Labyrinth myth serves a primer to appreciate non-reconstructed palace sites like Phaistos and Malia. As an accredited tour guide, Maria had a great knowledge of ancient customs and history of each site. The countryside is also beautiful in and of itself - the Venetian windmills on Lassithi Plain in the mountains, the fertile valleys, and the drive south to Matala where the old Roman burial caves are is

Nous avons passé une excellente matinée au site archéologique de Knossos accompagné de notre guide Akrivi. Etant d'origine grecque je voulais faire visiter Knossos à mon fils de 15 ans qui a étudié l'histoire de la civilisation minoenne au collège en France. Ses lecture ont pris sens avec les explications professionnelles de notre guide: le L