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🏛️ Day trip · 2 stops

Minoan Crete — Knossos & Phaistos

A day in the footsteps of the Minoan civilization in central Crete: the two greatest palaces, Knossos near Heraklion and Phaistos on the Messara plain.
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Stops

  1. The Palace of Knossos, the largest Minoan palace complex, tied to the myth of the Minotaur and the Labyrinth.

  2. The Palace of Phaistos on a hill overlooking the Messara, second only to Knossos and find-spot of the Phaistos Disc.