Crete private tour holiday
Description of Crete private tour holiday
Crete is an island that’s very easy to fall in love with, but with most visitors sticking to the beaches and resorts, that leaves a lot of fascinating places that don’t get the attention they deserve. This private tour of Crete aims to redress the balance, letting you create a bespoke itinerary with the assistance of local experts who know the island’s hidden corners and fascinating culture well.
The suggested itinerary below comprises three days in Heraklio, three in Rethymno and three in the beautiful town of Chania, with day trips that allow you to explore Crete’s absorbing history through well-preserved archaeological sites, traditional ways of life, and of course some of the island’s loveliest beaches.
Highlights of this trip include the immensely significant ruins of Phaestos and Knossos, with Knossos linked to the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur in the labyrinth. In Rethymno, you can visit a charming museum dedicated to the Cretan lyra, the traditional musical instrument of the island. And there will be opportunities to taste Cretan wine, and local delicacies, as well as plenty of space to relax and enjoy a swim in the warm, blue sea.
On the penultimate day, a choice awaits: will it be a hike in the renowned Samaria Gorge, or a day trip to one of Crete’s finest beaches with some wine tasting included? There are no bad decisions because by this stage in your trip, you’ll have well and truly fallen for Crete.
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Planet
As international tourism affects the environment in many ways such as increasing the air, litter & sewage pollution, natural habitat loss and even endanger many animal species, we, as tourism personnel and hoteliers try our best to sustain the environment as much as possible and learn to live like that and inspire our guests to do the same.Our main target for organizing these tours is to make them environmentally sustainable, protect the endangered animals and support the local communities. We firstly recycle paper, glass, plastic and metal. Apart from the process of recycling more materials and using less paper by sending all the required documents online via emails , we also try to reduce our carbon emission.
As we are visiting ancient monuments and sights, it is a must to help these places remain intact so we recommend our travelers to respect them by not polluting them and walking to the short -distance places that they visit in order to reduce the car fuels.
People
Choosing our holidays, you choose responsible holidays. As Mr Panagiotopoulos, founder and president of our company, was born and raised here, one of his biggest concerns is to ensure that tourism will not affect our area negatively in ecological and socio-cultural way, and also that the locals will mostly benefit from your travel.Our company which is the organizer and operator of this package is locally-based and all our guides, drivers and employees are locals too, ensuring not only the economical benefit of our area but also your cultural benefit. All our food suppliers & tavern partners are local too.
On this trip, you will visit so many different places and you will always be surrounded by locals, experiencing the Greek way of living. But the most important thing for us, is that your presence here gives us a strong negotiation card for pressing the local authorities for the development of our area, such us constructing cycling streets in our city or better finance and organisation of our archaeological museums and sites.
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