Knossos Palace Tour, Archaeological museum & Heraklion town

You start your day visiting the most important archaeological site on Crete and the second most visited archaeological site of the country, the Minoan palace of Knossos, the mythical Labyrinth of Hommer. Concentrating on the prehistoric era of the island, revealing its unique historic course and penetrating into its ancient prehistoric cult, arts and ritual practices, you will be visiting an amazing area of 22.000sq meters. A prehistoric “city”, the place where the oldest European civilization started and flourished some 5000 years ago.

Settled as early as the Neolithic period, the name Knossos survives from ancient Greek references to the major city of Crete. The palace of Knossos eventually became the ceremonial and political center of the Minoan civilization and culture. The palace was abandoned at some unknown time at the end of the Late Bronze Age, c. 1380–1100 BC;[5] the reason is unknown, but one of the many disasters that befell the palace is generally put forward. The Archeological Museum prides itself on its unique Minoan collection, which includes masterpieces of Minoan art. It is rightly considered the museum of Minoan culture par excellence. We finalize the tour with a nice walk in the center of the town showing the main sights of the city, such as the main square with a Venetian fountain, the Loggia, and the market.