Knossos & Lassithi plateau tour

Drive along
the marvelous route to Mountain Dikti to the Lassithi Plateau.
At an altitude of
800 m. enjoy the spectacular view over the plain, the windmills and the
mountain Dikti arising nearby.
The tour continues
to the village of Psychro passing by the small villages of the plain. Visit the
birthplace of Zeus – the Diktean Cave.
This Minoan cult
cave has been identified by many archaeologists as the place Zeus was born and
it is also one of the most beautiful and impressive of the 3.400 caves in Crete.
It follows a
delicious traditional Cretan lunch (not included) before continuing
visiting Crete´s most famous archaeological site of Knossos.

A visit to Crete is
incomplete without visiting the renowned Minoan Palace of Knossos! This
fabulous site is dating back 4.000 ago. Two brilliant palaces built in
Neolithic times… Visit the room of the thrown and the frescoes depicting the
Prince of Crete. Every single stone suggests that a great civilization was born
in this very place. Dating from 2000 BC this site remains one of the wonders of
the world.

Knossos.

The Minoan
palace of Knossos was the seat of King Minos. It is the most important
archaeological site on Crete . It is about 5 km from the center of Heraklion.

Inhabited from the 7th millennium BC , that is
here developed the most ancient civilization of the Neolithic period. The first
palace of Knossos is estimated to have been built in 1950 BC but destroyed by
an earthquake , as the second palace built then .

Knossos was built in a very strategic point
allowing it to control the hinterland and the ports of the region . Generally
the palace of Knossos was the political , religious, administrative ,
commercial and military center of Minoan Crete . The basement of the palace was
used as cellars or warehouses for various products marketed at that time . Also
survived several frescoes that decorate scenes from the daily lives of
residents then .

The palace of Knossos was discovered by
archaeologist Minos Cretan Summer 1878. Excavations were completed later by the
British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans in 1900 to 1905 and the British
Archaeological Society.

Lassithi plateau

The Lassithi is the easternmost prefecture of
Crete . The prefecture Lassithi can visit the cave of Zeus or otherwise
Diktaion Cave. Is one of the most famous caves of Crete and Greece . The cave
offers a spectacular sight . It is rich in stalagmites and stalactites . The
myth says that Zeus was born here , and this cave is so famous since antiquity
. Interestingly, in the prefecture of Lassithi also , and the nunnery Kera
Kardiotissas , that the years of Ottoman rule was the core of resistance
against the Turks. The monument has great historical and artistic
importance .

Pick up time: 08:00 – 08:30

Return time: 17:00-18:00

Important notes:

i) Pick up point & time will be sent to client’s mail direct the day
before the activity.

ii) Any changes to operation day of activity will be sent direct to
client’s mail at least 1 week before arrival in destination.

iii) Languages are provided services: English, French & German. Any
other languages are upon request. Pls inform requested language in remarks
box.

iv) Operation months: April -October

Winter: Upon request.

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