Knossos tour

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.

Pick up time: 08:00 – 08:30

Return time: 12:00-12:30

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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