Knossos

The tour starts from Chania center, it is about 140km and 2 hours. Knossos is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and is considered Europe's oldest city. The name Knossos survives from ancient Greek references to the major city of Crete. The palace of Knossos was undoubtedly the ceremonial and political centre of the Minoan civilisation and culture. It appears as a maze of workrooms, living spaces, and storerooms close to a central square. An approximate graphic view of some aspects of Cretan life in the Bronze Age is provided by restorations of the palace's indoor and outdoor murals, as it is also by the decorative motifs of the pottery and the insignia on the seals and sealings.

You stay there 90 minutes.

Option 1: Only the Palace of Knossos. This tour is 280km and 6 hours.

Option 2: After the Palace of Knossos we go to Heraklion Archaeological Museum (20 minutes). The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is the best in the world for Minoan art, as it contains the most notable and complete collection of artifacts of the Minoan civilisation of Crete. You stay there about 90 minutes. This tour is 285km and 7 hours.

Option 3: After the Palace of Knossos on the way back, we stop to Rethymno city for 1 hour. There you can have a walk, drink or snack. This tour is 285km and 7 hours.

Option 4: After the Palace of Knossos we go to Heraklion Archaeological Museum (20 minutes). The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is the best in the world for Minoan art, as it contains the most notable and complete collection of artifacts of the Minoan civilization of Crete. You stay there about 90 minutes. After the Heraklion Archaeological Museum on the way back, we stop to Rethymno city for 1 hour. There you can have a walk, drink or snack. This tour is 290km and 8 hours.

* These tours starts before 09:00 in the morning.