Chania, Excursion in crete, Heraklion, Lasithi
10 Days walking tours in Crete
Youchtas hill * Omalos * Samarian Gorge * Agia Roumeli * Sfakia
Kardiotisa Monasteri * Lasithi Plateau * Cave Dikteon Andron
Thrapsano * Imvros Gorge * Tzermiado
1st Day:
Knossos and then by bus to Youchtas hill and walking for 1 hours from/to 400 m high.
2nd Day:
Excursion to Omalos, Samarian Gorge, Agia Roumeli then by boat to Sfakia and return (distance 18 km downward and approximate 5 hours walking).
3rd Day:
Excursion to Kardiotisa Monasteri and from there walking along an old road over a mountain side upward 350 m high and then 150 m downward aprox. 2,5 hour. After that from one side of the Lasithi Plateau we walk upward to the Cave Dikteon Andron, where according to the Myth Zeus was born (approx. 100 m in high and after that return the same way).
4rth Day:
Excursion to Archeological Museum and then to Thrapsano, short visit there and then walk from there to Voni cloister (approx. 2 hours walking upward).
5th Day:
Excursion to Imvros village and from there start walking to the Imvros Gorge, 8 km It takes aproximate 2 hours, then visit Komitades village and later Chora Sfakion.
6th Day:
Excursion to Phaistos and then from Pitsidia walking to Matala (approximate 2 hours) and in the afternoon visit the sites of Achient Gortis or avoid this visit if you consider it no necessary.
7th Day:
Today via Drosia village we arrive to Heliana village where we will start walking through a beautiful landscape to Veni village (approx. 3 hours) then we will arrive to Axos village and return to our hotel.
8th Day:
Excursion by bus via Sitia to the village Zakros and from there start walking through the Gorge there to Kato Zakros for aproximate 2 – 2.5 hours and return.
9th Day:
Excursion to Tzermiado at Lasithi Plateau and we go up to Selena mountain (with high 1700 m from sea level and then continue to Mesa Potamous downward where we arrive after 3.5 or 4 hours (middle difficulty) and return to our hotel.
10th Day:
Breakfast and at the right time transfer to Airport and flight back home.
Excursion in crete, Heraklion
Archanes, Vathipetro, Peza, Myrtia & Thrapsano
Peza wine test, Cooking lessons & Lunch.
After breakfast we will begin with the first stop in museum in Archanes village. We will see the finds of the excavation of the Minoa palace in the center of the village. Then we continue to Vathipetro 4 km away from Archanes. Vathipetro build 1550 B.C and it was a part of a villa and discovered 1949. We can see here ruins from grapes pressing for making wine that period. Our next stop will be at Peza where we can have the chance to make a wine test with a small film presentation. Then we will go to Myrtia to visit Kazantzakis Museum and continue near there in Taverna Liotrivi where we will participate to the procedure making various lunch (cooking lessons) and having lunch there. In the afternoon we will visit Thrapsano a Pottery workshop before we return to our hotel.
We can create many different excursions on Crete subject to your advice or your clients special interest or request.
Excursion in crete, Heraklion
Vathipetro, Peza, Agarathos & Thrapsano
Departure from hotel and through Archanes village we arrive at Vathipetro (4 km south of Archanes) where we will see beside the others the ruins of wine making instruments of that era (1580 – 1550 B.C.). Then we will continue to Peza where we will visit a small exhibition of a modern wine factory products where we will have the chance to taste some variety of wine, and if someone wants to buy some wine can do it on the spot. After that we will go to Myrtia village for lunch (extra charge we advise to be prearranged) and then we will continue to Agarathos cloister, one of the oldest of Crete. On our way back we will stop at Thrapsano where there is a ceramic producer workshop with a small exhibition before we return to our hotel.
We can create many different excursions on Crete subject to your advice or your clients special interest or request.