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Knossos Palace and Plateau of Lassithi from Heraklion Region

By Status MLB Travel Agency
7.6 out of 10
Good
Free cancellation available
Price is £44 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 9h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

Great chance to visit the highlights of the Minoan civilisation in this full day tour and learn more about Cretan traditions, enjoy panoramic views of the scenic route in the mountains and visit a fantastic natural sight in the end.
• See the main attractions of the island and learn a lot of interesting information about the customs of the local population.
• Find out how mysterious myths about the Minotaur and the real storey are intricately intertwined while visiting famous KNOSSOS PALACE.
• Get the experience of travelling on the beautiful mountain routes to the delightful LASSITHI PLATEAU and marvel at the miraculous icon in one of the most revered monasteries from the locals “KERA CARDIOTISA - Our Lady of Heart” or Panagia Vidiani Monastery, a nunnery dedicated to Virgin Mary.
At the end of the tour, you will have time to dine in the traditional Cretan tavern or visit a pottery workshop.

Activity location

  • Kera Kardiotissa Monastery
    • Heraklion, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Heraklion Archaeological Museum
    • 1 Chatzidaki
    • 712 02, Iraklio, Greece

Check availability

English/French/German - Area 1 in Multilingual
  • Activity duration is 9 hours9h
    9h
  • Opening hours: Wed 06:30-09:30
  • English

Pick-up Heraklion East region:: Amudara/Heraklion/Karteros/Amnissos/Kokkini Hani/Gournes/Gouves/Analipsi/Anissaras/Hersonissos/Stalida/Malia/Sissi
Pickup included

Price details
£43.68 x 1 Adult£43.68
Total
Price is £43.68
Until Tue, 14 Apr
English/French/German - Area 2 in Multilingual
  • Activity duration is 9 hours9h
    9h
  • Opening hours: Wed 06:30-08:00
  • English

Pick-up Heraklion West region: Sises/Fodele/Agia Pelagia/Ligaria/Achlada/Mades/Ammoudi/Rodia/Palaiokastro/Pantanassa /Linoperamata/Gazi
Pickup included

Price details
£52.42 x 1 Adult£52.42
Total
Price is £52.42
Until Tue, 14 Apr

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Pick-up from your hotel (at the specific tourist bus stop, outside of the hotel)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Transfer with air-conditioned bus
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Certified tour-guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Single entrance ticket to the Knossos palace (up to 25y.o. free)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Entrance to Kardiotissa Monastery (up to 18 y.o.free)

Know before you book

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • If an infant does not sit on lap in the bus, It is necessary to pay a child ticket.
  • Pick-up from the specific bus stops next to the hotels. From Area 1: all the villages between Amudara/Heraklion/Karteros/Amnissos/Kokkini Hani/Gournes/Gouves/Analipsi/Anissaras/Hersonissos/Stalida/Malia/Sissi
  • Area 2: Sises/Fodele/Agia Pelagia/Ligaria/Achlada/Mades/Ammoudi/Rodia/Palaiokastro/Pantanassa /Linoperamata/Gazi
  • After booking we will contact you to arrange the pick-up. Please, note, if you do not provide your pick-up details up to 24 hours before the tour, we do not guarantee the pick-up. For pick-up from different location, please, contact us.
  • Monday: English, German, French
  • Tuesday: English, German, French, Russian
  • Wednesday: English, German, French
  • Friday: English, German, French
  • Saturday: English, German, French
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Lassithi Plateau

  • 30m
Get the experience of travelling on the beautiful mountain routes to the delightful Plateau of Lasithi, a spectacular panoramic plain set high in the mountains in the eastern region of Crete. The Lasithi Plateau stretches 11 km (6.8 mi) in the E-W direction and 6 km (3.7 mi) in the N-S direction. It is approximately 70 km (43 mi) east from Heraklion and lies at an average altitude of 840 m. The plateau is famous for its white-sailed windmills, (more accurately, wind-pumps), made to a local design, that have been used since the early XXth century to irrigate the land.

Monastery Vidiani (Pass by)

Monastery of Panagia Vidiani is an Orthodox monastery founded in the mid-19th century on the Lassithi plateau, amid small villages and cypress groves on the island of Crete. The Byzantine icon of Panagia Vidiani, which gives the monastery its name, is a place of worship and pilgrimage. The monastery is a living example of monastic institutions that played an important role in Cretan history—not only as a place of worship, but also as a refuge and support centre for the local population and those who fought against invaders.

Kera Kardiotissa Monastery

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
The Monastery of Kera Kardiotissa is located 50km southeast of Heraklion, in a wooded area of ​​North Dikti Range, next to the road leading to the Plateau of Lassithi. This is a historic monastery, after which the nearby settlements of Kera and Ano Kera Kera have been named. The beautiful stone-built church of the monastery is dedicated to the Nativity of Mary (celebrates on September 8). The present church is built in four phases. Originally there was a single aisled temple that was later expanded with two rooms and a smaller chapel. Typical are the old frescoes of the 14th century, quite damaged by time.

The Palace of Knossos

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Knossos, is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest city. Visit the famous Palace of Knossos, where mysterious myths about the Minotaur and the real storey are intricately intertwined.

Location

Activity location

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    Kera Kardiotissa Monastery
    • Heraklion, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Heraklion Archaeological Museum
    • 1 Chatzidaki
    • 712 02, Iraklio, Greece

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