Iraklio Trip Overview
Book this special Private shore excursion at the Palace of Knossos and at the Archaeological Museum & the Old town of Heraklion.
Visit the palace of Knossos with large palace buildings, extensive workshop installations and luxurious rock-cut cave and tholos tombs. As a major center of trade and the economy, Knossos maintained ties with the majority of cities in the Eastern Mediterranean.
We will visit the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, one of the largest and most important museums in Greece, and among the most important museums in Europe. It houses representative artifacts from all the periods of Cretan prehistory and history, covering a chronological span of over 5,500 years from the Neolithic period to Roman times.
Get the opportunity to visit the Old Town is located next to the modern center of Heraklion so you can see the past and the present of Crete. Full of aristocratic buildings, churches, and boutiques, and open onto leafy squares with fountains and busy cafés.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Iraklio, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Book this special Private shore excursion at the Palace of Knossos and at the Archaeological Museum & the Old town of Heraklion.
Visit the palace of Knossos with large palace buildings, extensive workshop installations and luxurious rock-cut cave and tholos tombs. As a major center of trade and the economy, Knossos maintained ties with the majority of cities in the Eastern Mediterranean.
We will visit the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, one of the largest and most important museums in Greece, and among the most important museums in Europe. It houses representative artifacts from all the periods of Cretan prehistory and history, covering a chronological span of over 5,500 years from the Neolithic period to Roman times.
Get the opportunity to visit the Old Town is located next to the modern center of Heraklion so you can see the past and the present of Crete. Full of aristocratic buildings, churches, and boutiques, and open onto leafy squares with fountains and busy cafés.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Knossos Archaeological Site, Knosos, Heraklion, Crete 714 09 Greece
Our driver will pick you up and take you a drive of approximately 20’ to arrive in Knossos. During this tour you will be taken back 4.000 years to the time of the oldest civilization in Europe. Knossos flourished for approximately two thousand years. It had large palace buildings, extensive workshop installations and luxurious rock-cut cave and tholos tombs. As a major center of trade and the economy, Knossos maintained ties with the majority of cities in the Eastern Mediterranean.
You will lave the unique opportunity to visit at the Palace of Knossos in Crete, to learn about the rich lifestyle which began circa 2000 BC and was typified by magnificent monumental buildings
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Xanthoudidou & Hatzidaki Sts, Heraklion, Crete 710 02 Greece
We will visit the Archaeological Museum. The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is one of the largest and most important museums in Greece, and among the most important museums in Europe. It houses representative artifacts from all the periods of Cretan prehistory and history, covering a chronological span of over 5,500 years from the Neolithic period to Roman times.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Old Venetian Harbor of Heraklion, Leoforos Nearchou, Heraklion, Crete 712 02 Greece
Get the opportunity to visit the Old Town is located next to the modern center of Heraklion so you can see the past and the present of Crete. The narrow, steep streets of the Old Town will bring you back in the centuries of Venetian and Ottoman rule.
The Old Town is protected by a circuit of massive defensive walls, . Inside, its pedestrian-only streets are lined by aristocratic buildings, churches, and boutiques, and open onto leafy squares with fountains and busy cafés.
The most notable monument along the harbor is the 16th-century Venetian Fort of Koules. Fishing boats line the shore, where a walkway runs along the waterfront.
Duration: 1 hour
