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Crete Tours
Attractions
Recommendations
- 8 hours (approx.)
- Hotel pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
Overview
Spend a full day exploring Crete with a local guide. Visit Psychro Cave, the birthplace of Zeus, and a platanus tree that is according to local legend, the oldest tree on the island. You’ll also tour the villages of Mochos and Krasi and enjoy a traditional Cretan lunch in a local restaurant.
- Local driver/guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off included
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What's Included
- Small-group tour.
- Liability Insurance
- Water , coffees
- Zeus Cave , Diktion Antron ,entrance fee ( 6 Euro for adults, kids up to 15 for free.
- Lunch
Meeting And Pickup
You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup.
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Start time
08:00 AM
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Pickup details
We can pick you up from your hotel or another location that is in and around Heraklion City , Gouves , Anisara Analipsi , Chersonisos , Stalida , Malia , For other areas ( Agia Pelagia and Fodele , Sisi ) there is an extra charge for transfer, We don’t pick up clients from Chania, Rethimnon or Elounda. We can meet up at a meeting point.
What To Expect
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 2 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Infant seats are available on request if advised at time of booking.
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Awesome local guide!
Kelly_A, Feb 2023
Our tour guide, Ed, was fantastic. He was very knowledgeable, a great storyteller, and very funny. We learned a great deal about Crete, ancient and modern. The weather wasn’t great but it still was so much fun!
Ed is the man!
Jordan_M, Jan 2023
Our tour guide, Ed, has gone above and beyond what we expected from a tour guide. He made our experience in Crete unbelievable. Even though it was winter and lot of places was shut down for the season, Ed took us to the most amazing sights on the island. He even took us to different sites that were not supposed to be included in the tour. Ed is very knowledgeable about the island the culture.
His sense of humor definitely made our day. I can't wait to go back to Crete just to see Ed. Stay well my friend!
Really see the real Crete
Karen_S, Nov 2022
We visited Crete for Thanksgiving, so off season, and were delighted to find this tour was still available. Ed picked us up from our hotel, filled our heads with fun facts about geography, history, mythology, and so many jokes and funny stories too, while we drove up into the mountains for some spectacular views.
We visited several charming little villages where we were able to stroll around and imagine living a rural life, while being absolutely stunned at the abundant fruit, herbs, and flowers growing everywhere, even in November. We visited Zues' Cave and took a quick walk through the "Thematic Park" which was amusing, but the real highlights of the tour were picking and eating strawberries, apples, walnuts, as well as the lunch at a small restaurant in one of the villages where we were treated to a cornucopia of fresh rustic dishes including house made wine and cheese. Seeing people harvesting olives in the fields and then visiting an olive oil pressing operation was also quite delightful.
Ed was a great tour guide, like the friend in Greece you wish you had to show you around. He was very accommodating about the kinds of things and places we wanted to see and spend time on, and the activities where we were willing to spend a little less time. He was happy to chat about all the topics we were curious about and his genuine love for Crete was absolutely infectious. Ed has his own olive trees and taught us so much about that whole process, but also about the life of farmers in general.
Everyone we met during our entire trip to Crete was friendly and helpful but Ed is king of them all. I am so glad we got out of the city and toured the Lassithi Plateau to really get a feel for how beautiful and bountiful and truly amazing Crete really is. If this tour is in your price range, and you like to see the countryside and learn about and enjoy fresh produce, you should seriously consider booking with Ed. This tour was one of the highlights of our trip.
Unique, authentic experience
Christina_T, Nov 2022
My family and I had a fantastic time with Eddie. We were given ample time to hike to the Cave and visit traditional villages for some sight seeing and lunch. The best part was going to the farms and having an authentic Cretan experience. We could not recommend this tour enough. The only thing I would have liked was more time to visit shops in the villages, however it did not make us enjoy the tour less. Next time we would call Eddie directly to have him host us again! Thank you for your hospitality and charisma! We hope to see you again soon.
A Great Day in Crete!
Gabrielle_P, Oct 2022
This was an absolutely wonderful tour! Our family had a great time seeing the "real" Crete with Ed. He was full of knowledge and patience and there was never a dull moment. Ed was really sweet with our kids and knew all the spots to stop, visit, and explore. We ate well, learned a lot, and had a lovely time. I highly recommend this tour.
Ed was very enthusiastic,...
Holly_M, Oct 2022
Ed was very enthusiastic, exciting and full of information, recommendations and assistance. Truly made this one of the best excursions where you remember information and don’t stare at your watch waiting for it to end. Took us off the beaten path to see local culture and also try local cuisine. Highly recommend with Ed!
A great, nearly private, tour
Rita_O, Oct 2022
Ed is a wonderful host. He never has more than 6 guests in his Mercedes minivan which makes for a nearly private tour. Ed is filled with facts and one cannot help but learn so much from him. The itinerary is quite interesting although you will need to be in good shape and a bit crazy to climb the rocky, steep, crumbling walk to the cave. The olive oil factory is very educational. A small operation with the 4th generation owner in attendance. We were on this tour in the middle of a rainstorm and so the usual stop to walk around one of the traditional. old villages became a drive through but was still interesting. Along the way when the rain abated we stopped to pick strawberries, cherry tomatoes and even shake a walnut tree to collect the nuts. The old, traditional wind mills and wind pumps are not really a stop because they are everywhere but we learned so much about them. Ed stops for lunch at a small, family owned restaurant but we had brought along our own lunch and that was perfectly acceptable. The day was more than great and there is no comparison with sitting on a bus with 50 other people and talking with Ed and 2 other couples. This is a great value and a great opportunity to learn about the Island of Crete in particular and Greece in general.
We highly recommend this tour!
Richard_S, Oct 2022
Our guide, Ed, was personable, knowledgeable, enthusiastic and fun. It was great to get beyond the city and shops to view a slice of the real Crete. One stop, Zeus Cave, was touristy but the rest felt traditional and genuine, a unique experience for travelers. We loved the old villages and sampled crops including peppers and delicious sweet strawberries. A highlight was our family-style meal of Greek specialties at a lovely restaurant. With only six clients in the spacious van we felt comfortable and enjoyed each other. This excursion is definitely the highlight of our trip so far!
See Crete from a non-touristic view
Enrico_S, Sep 2022
If you don‘t like big groups and mass tourism this tour is yours! We had the luck just to be 3 guys plus our amazing guide Ed. Visiting an oil fabric and afterwards driving through the hills and reaching Lasithi Plateau with spectacular views the whole day. Walking down to see the birth place of Zeus, learning about windmills, farming on Crete and their problems and end up with a traditional food from the island. Our guide was always taking a good care of us, customized the way and information on our interest and on top we got an entertainer on plus.
Thanks for that special day!
My best day in Crete
Cassandra_C, Aug 2022
This was the tour of Crete I didn’t know I needed! Eddy was an outstanding tour guide and host, and through him we got to experience a different side of Crete than the touristy coastal towns. This was by far my favorite day in Crete.
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