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Private Guided Tour To Knossos Palace Olive Mill Pottery & Winery
This is going to be a very busy day but very interesting. This tour is suitable for visitors from the cruise ships also. It is a private tour and you can decide, where to stop and how much time to spend on each place. With the help of the Experienced Licensed Professional Tourist Guide, who will be with you in the whole tour, you get in touch with the Cretan History, the famous Cretan Hospitality, the Cretan Culture and the Cretan Cuisine. First stop is at the Palace of Knossos. Then you will visit an olive mill where you can have the experience of tasting the Cretan olive oil. Driving through the vineyards and the olive groves we will go to a pottery shop. Next stop is at a winery, where you can taste some of the best organic wines on Crete. Finally in the picturesque village of Archanes, you can enjoy a Greek coffee at a traditional kafeneion or a traditional Cretan meal at a very nice taverna. In this tour you experience many aspects of Crete , so you will look forward to come back
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Itinerary
Select a stop or tap a pin on the map to see details. 5 itinerary stops
Route is approximate — 🚗 road, 🚶 walk, or ⛵ sea between the selected stops.
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The Palace of Knossos
THE MAGNIFICENT PALACE OF COLOURS Wander in the footsteps of the Minoans, visiting the oldest and most important monument on Crete, Greece and whole Europe. The construction of Knossos Palace sets the pattern of organization in Crete and Greece too. It implies a peaceful period of great wealth, prosperity and concentration of authorities both political and religious. It was the center of administration of the entire island during Minoan times. Its position is such that allowed unprecedented growth and prosperity as witnessed by the plethora of storage magazines, workshops, and wall paintings. The elegant wall frescoes, which decorated the halls, speak of people who approached the subtleties of life and the splendor of nature with a joyous disposition. The Palace radiates a joyous exuberance through the elaborate architectural planes and volumes that were clustered around the central courtyard. Our Professional Licensed Tourist Guide will make this visit an unforgettable experience.
90 minAdmission not included - 2
Skalani
OLIVE OIL TASTING We will visit an olive oil factory. We will learn about the olive trees and the olives and their history. We will learn how we extract this precious juice. Finaly we will taste and see why the Cretan olive oil is one of the best olive oils in the world.
60 min - 3
Thrapsano
We will visit a pottery shop. We will see how they were making pottery the minoan times
40 min - 4
Domaine Paterianakis
WINE TASTING At a very nice area, in a very nice winery with a beautiful view we will taste some of the best wines of the island The cost of wine tasting depends on the package of wine tasting. You have to be above 18 years to be able to drink alkohol, Children are free.
60 minAdmission not included - 5
Archanes
Optional Coffe break or lunch break at the traditional village of Archanes Driving through an area full of vineyards, at the footsteps of mountain Giouchtas the area where is the oldest olive oil press and the oldest wine press of the world. We arrive at a very nice traditional village, the village of Archanes. We can have coffee break at the traditional coffee shops ( kafeneion). Or we can have a traditional lunch at the very nice tavernas.
90 min
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Private guided tour to Knossos Palace Olive Mill Pottery & Winery
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