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Exploring Crete

Exploring Crete

Exploring Crete Overview

We are proud to offer this spectacular expert-led tour of Crete. Discover the legendary island with Peter Sommer Travels.

Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and its historical significance is second to none, ranging from Stone Age seafarers and Neolithic farmers to the mysterious and fascinating Bronze Age civilisation of the Minoans. The island’s renowned Classical cities and the rich remains of the Roman, Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman cultures, lead us right through to its turbulent 20th century history.

As well as its historical and archaeological riches, the island is a place of extraordinary natural beauty and diversity. Its inhabitants are fiercely proud of their homeland and maintain its many traditions, including the fabled Cretan hospitality. As a result of its varied nature and past, Crete also boasts one of the most refined variations of Greek cuisine.

Our Exploring Crete tour is the ideal opportunity to experience this fascinating island to the full. You will visit its most important ancient sites, including the famous prehistoric Minoan palaces, but also veer off the beaten track to explore many of Crete’s hidden gems.

To take full advantage of the island’s extraordinary beauty and its unique wealth in spring flowers, our tour of Crete includes a vast variety of different landscapes and ancient sites, bringing you into direct contact with its coasts, mountains, gorges and fertile plains, as well as its historical villages and towns.

Our Cretan tour is complemented by excellent meals in carefully selected restaurants and tavernas, as well as wine tastings from regional vineyards. At night, you will be staying in beautiful surroundings, ranging from elegant Venetian palazzos to traditional inns and agriturismos in serene mountain villages.

Heinrich and Maria, your tour guides, have excavated, surveyed, researched and travelled around Crete and are passionate connoisseurs not only of its archaeology, but also of its landscapes, people, traditions and products. Their in-depth knowledge will be your shortcut to a superb experience of one of Europe’s most celebrated destinations.

If you have never visited Crete, this is the perfect way to explore this wonderful and fascinating Greek Island; if you have been before, we are sure you will see it afresh and from a completely different perspective – in the company of two archaeologists who know the island intimately.
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Exploring Crete by James from Atlanta, 6 Aug 2022
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We spent two weeks touring the major archaeological sites of ancient Crete, in the company of three professional, practicing ... read more

Exploring Crete by Ingrid, 30 May 2022
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This trip hit five stars on all fronts. This was a mother/daughter trip and the first time in Crete for both of us. It ... read more

Exploring Crete by Univac25, 27 May 2022
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Excellent and detailed guided tours of the important sites in Crete from Neolithic through Byzantine times. Fine dining ... read more

Exploring Crete by Jeanne, 25 May 2022
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thorough tour all around the island, with highly knowledgeable and really pleasant guides read more

Exploring Crete by Denise S., 11 Nov 2021
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We were on this tour October, 2021. This is an in depth view of the many Minoan sites on Crete. This tour is superb because ... read more

Exploring Crete by Dennis, 3 Nov 2021
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Our experience in Crete began on 6 Oct and ended on 20 Oct. My wife and I soaked up our exploration of Crete through the ... read more

Exploring Crete by Dr K G 19, 25 Nov 2019
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In short, enlightening and thoroughly enjoyable! Crete presents layer after layer of history and culture, some verging on ... read more

Exploring Crete by Mr. B V 19, 22 Nov 2019
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Great guides and wonderful trip. Terrific insight by well planned tour providing marvelous insight into a fascinating part ... read more

Exploring Crete by bobnbob, 8 Nov 2019
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An extended tour of Crete, taking in fascinating towns, archaeological sites and cultural encounters. The tour guides, Heinrich ... read more

Exploring Crete by Ken, 4 Nov 2019
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We explored a variety of archaeological sites in Crete--mostly Minoan but also a healthy sampling of Greek, Roman and Byzantine ... read more

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Exploring Crete by James from Atlanta, 6 Aug 2022
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We spent two weeks touring the major archaeological sites of ancient Crete, in the company of three professional, practicing ... read more

Exploring Crete by Ingrid, 30 May 2022
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This trip hit five stars on all fronts. This was a mother/daughter trip and the first time in Crete for both of us. It ... read more