Crete
Crete
Steeped in Homeric history and culture, scented by wild fennel and basil, Crete welcomes and overwhelms visitors with its wealth of myths, legends and history, a blessed and dramatic landscape, an extraordinary fusion of past and present, and an abundance of choices and experiences.
Crete was the birthplace of one of Europe’s oldest and most fascinating civilisations, the Minoan. Iraklio, the capital, has some fine musuems in which you can learn more about the island’s history, or you can visit the ancient Minoan site of Knossos. Hania has a beautiful old Venetian quarter.