Heraklion: all 12 tours and excursions for your cruise

Explore Heraklion at your leisure during your full-day (8-hour) sightseeing tour via private van. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights. Depart the pier with your English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned van and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Points of interestsPoints of interest seen on this excursion may include: Heraklion, Knossos, Lissithi Plateau, Kera Monastery, Crete Note Please...

Explore Heraklion at your leisure during your half-day (4-hour) sightseeing tour via private van. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights. Depart the pier with your English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned van and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Points of interestsPoints of interest seen on this excursion may include: Heraklion, Knossos, Lissithi Plateau, Kera Monastery, Crete Note Please...

Explore Heraklion at your leisure during your full-day (8-hour) sightseeing tour via private car. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights. Depart the pier with your English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned car and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Points of interestsPoints of interest seen on this excursion may include: Heraklion, Knossos, Lissithi Plateau, Kera Monastery, Crete Note Please...

Explore Heraklion at your leisure during your half-day (4-hour) sightseeing tour via private car. Customize your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights. Depart the pier with your English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned car and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Points of interestsPoints of interest seen on this excursion may include: Heraklion, Knossos, Lissithi Plateau, Kera Monastery, Crete Note Please...

Travel back in time and discover Cretan history while visiting Minoan Palace of Phaistos and a fascinating ancient city of Gortyn on this half-day sightseeing excursion.Minoan Palace of PhaistosDepart the pier for approximately one-hour drive south of Heraklion for a visit to the Minoan Palace of Phaistos. Overlooking the Messara Plain, Phaistos is the second largest palace of Crete after Knossos and one of the most important archaeological sites on the island. It is a fascinating place to visit...

The food of Crete has been called "the heart and soul of all Greek cooking." The food of the largest of the Greek isles stands dramatically apart from its neighbors. It benefits from access to both mountains and sea, the livestock grazing on fresh wild herbs and grasses, plus incredible seafood. In Crete, old traditions like open-fire cooking methods once prevalent around the country but now vanishingly rare elsewhere are kept alive. It's been said that the staples of the Cretan table -...

On Crete there are few families who are not involved in wine making. For the inhabitants of the island wine has been, and will remain, the most valuable among the products that the Cretan soil offers. Discover Crete's over 4000 years long history on wine production in Europe and visit two local family wineries, Lyrarakis Estate and Domaine Paterianakis, on this half-day wine tasting excursion.Lyrarakis Estate, Guided Tour, Wine TastingDepart the pier for approximately 40-minute drive to the Lyrarakis...

Explore the scenic ancient countryside and mountains of Crete including sweeping views of gorges and quaint valleys during this half-day journey to Kera's Monastery and the Lassithi Plateau. Mt. DiktiDepart the pier for the approximate 75-minute drive into the interior of Crete, then ascend 3,000 feet (about 914 metres) to Mt. Dikti; the island's easternmost mountain range. En route, pass through the fertile countryside and many picturesque villages. Kera's MonasteryYour first stop...

The seaside beauty and ancient history of Crete unfolds in its many charming port cities and idyllic islands. Your full day excursion explores the lovely fishing village of Plaka followed by a boat ride to the Spinalonga Island as well as some free time at the ancient harbour of Aghios Nikolaos. Plaka Village, Boat Ride, Spinalonga Island, Light Greek LunchDepart the pier for approximately 90-minuyte scenic drive to the fishing village of Plaka, located in the stunning setting of the Mirabello bay,...

Explore the storied past of the Minoan Civilization during this scenic and informative, half-day sightseeing excursion to Heraklion and its Archaeological Museum.Heraklion Archaeological MuseumDepart the pier for the brief drive to Heraklion Archeological Museum, which is one of the largest and most important museums in Greece, and among the most important museums in Europe. It houses representative artefacts from all the periods of Cretan prehistory and history, covering a chronological span of...

Explore the central part of Crete with two different plateaus, mythology and learn lots of fun and interesting information about Crete and the local life during this scenic and exhilarating full-day Jeep adventure. Aposelimi Dam, Ancient Ruins of Lyttos, Kastamonitsa Village, Raki & Olive Oil TastingYour day starts from the moment you meet your drivers and head out to your first stop at the Aposelimi dam. Continuing our journey through paths and olive trees, we reach the ruins of the Roman aqueduct...

Explore the storied past of the Palace of Knossos during this scenic and informative, half-day sightseeing excursion.Palace of KnossosDepart the pier for the brief drive to Knossos, the ancient capital of the great King Minos. Constructed around 1900 B.C., the original Palace of Knossos was destroyed by an earthquake about 200 years later, then rebuilt on a grander scale. Knossos was devastated again with the eruption of the volcano in Santorini around 1500-1450 B.C. Despite this blow, people continued...