Besøg Zeus-hulen og Knossos med VIP privat rundtur fra Heraklion og Elounda
Højdepunkter
- Bevæg dig fra kystens vinområder til olivengrønne bjerge på en fordybende kretensisk udflugt
- Bliv ét med den generøse essens af Lassithi-plateauet, der er fyldt til bristepunktet med endeløs kretensisk gæstfrihed "philoxenia" og uspoleret lokal livsstil
- Udforsk byzantinske klostre og rør med plateauets levende monument, et tusinde års gammelt platantræ i landsbyen Krasi
- Besøg et keramisk familieværksted for at stifte bekendtskab med symbolerne og formerne af den forhistoriske minoiske keramik og find din kreativitet med vores kunsthåndværkere
- Slap af og smag prisvindende kretensiske vinårgange og smag ypperlige traditionelle delikatesser
- Bliv forbløffet over din udforskning Zeus-hulen (Diktaion Andron) og nyd den elementære energi på dette mytiske sted
- Forkæl dig selv med det ægte kretensiske køkken og de typiske smage fra Lassithi- plateauet
- Spadsere i Knossos arkæologiske pragt med personlige taktile indtryk med vores historie og arkæologi-ekspertguide
Beskrivelse
Din private dagstur starter med et besøg på Kretas arkæologiske vartegn, det legendariske Knossos, hvor du vil modtage informative anekdoter om højdepunkterne med meget personlig opmærksomhed. Derefter vil du nyde en autentisk rejse til det bjergrige østlige Kreta (Dikti-bjergene).
Din private lokale guide vil tilpasse de skræddersyede turplaner ved at besøge oldgamle kretensiske landsbyer for at møde lokalbefolkningen og deres unikke livsstil. Desuden vil du stoppe til en kop kaffe et gammelt platantræ i den traditionelle landsby Krasi. Du vil så fortsætte din rejse dybere ind i hjertet af det gamle og frugtbare Lassithi-plateau.
Ved indgangsstien til Zeus-hule får du mulighed for at nå hulen på æsel! På vej tilbage vil du besøge et familieejet traditionelt keramisk værksted og et byzantinsk kloster, kendt for dets smukke fresker og unikke "mirakuløse" ikon, hvor du vil opleve det dybe historiske perspektiv på byzantinsk kristendom.
Sidst men ikke mindst, så brug de bedste anbefalinger fra din lokale insider-guide for at spise en lækker traditionel frokost i bjergene, og lad din personlige chauffør tage dig til en autentisk kretensisk taverna, som vil være væk fra masseturismen og store turistbusser (ikke inkluderet i prisen).
Vigtig information
- Denne rundtur understøttes af adskillige afhentningssteder fra din indkvartering eller krydstogtshavn med en fleksibel afhentningstid. Kontakt partneren for at arrangere dit personlige afhentningssted og tid med kontaktinfo, som du finder på voucher, som du modtager efter booking
- Afhængigt af størrelsen af din familie eller gruppe kan du vælge mellem følgende køretøjsmuligheder: et moderne 3-sæders køretøj, en 3-sæders limo i premium klasse, et moderne 6-sæders køretøj og en minibus med 9 pladser i VIP-klasse
I prisen indgår
Personlig afhentning og aflevering med en fleksibel starttid
VIP køretøj med chauffør til rådighed
Komfort ombord: mineralvand, frisk frugt og nødder, wi-fi, USB-stik & hygiejefornødenheder
Privat, vidende lokal insider-guide
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Hvad er ikke inkluderet
Drikkevarer og måltider
Indgangsgebyrer til Knossos og Zeus-hulen
Udgifter til vinsmagning (hvis anmodet)
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