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Routaki car route 53 – ‘Knossos’

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About the Tour – You’ll have a chance to:

  • Stop in Myrtia for the Nikos Kazantzakis Museum, built for the acclaimed author of Zorba the Greek, who identified himself first as Cretan.
  • Get a taste of Cretan winemaking at the Wine Museum in Peza, and see the oldest Minoan wine press at Vathypetro, south of Mount Jouchtas.
  • Hear a few of the 250 different Cretan musical instruments on display at the Labyrinth Musical Workshop, founded by the English musician Ross Daly in 1982.
  • Visit the town of Archanes, an important Minoan settlement where recent excavations have revealed its rich and fascinating history.
  • Explore Knossos, the oldest Neolithic site on Crete where the first indication of human activity on the island can be traced. A final and upmost highlight of this tour.

 

On this four-hour tour, designed to fill an entire day, I’ll point out the cozy places to make a stop, to get in the customs and traditions of the Cretans. You finalize this tour besides lovely sandy beaches.

Description

The treasures of Knossos unveiled: from Hersonissos through Archanes’ vineyards

One more time – the highlights of Car route 53 – ‘Knossos’:

    • This route passes in the beginning the immense CretAquarium.
    • You get a glimpse of the size of the former American Airbase.
    • You’ll pass by the WaterCity water park, in Anopoli.
    • Driving through Cretan villages; as in the ‘Tuscany of Crete‘.
    • In Myrtia you can visit the museum about Nikos Kazantzakis.
    • Enjoy a free wine tasting  at the wine museum of the union.
    • Explore the Labyrinth Musical Workshop in Houdetsi.
    • Have a look in Vathipetro at the oldest wine press of Europe.
    • Delight in a terrace experience in the Venetian-style Archanes.
    • Admire the huge aquaduct that gave Heraklion drinking water
    • Visit the most important excavation in Crete: Knossos Palace
    • Have the opportunity to drive into Heraklion, for a shopping stop.
    • See up close airplanes landing on Heraklion International airport.
    • As a conclusion, enjoy the beaches of Karteros and Amnissos.
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And all of this with the unique Routaki system. While you’re driving, your own smartphone ‘tells’ you various things via the RAGiF’s. These Routaki Audio Guide info Files provide you with interesting information about things you encounter along the way or general points of interest about Crete.

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