Heraklion Tours

The modern tradition of Heraklion is one of the most attractive cities in the Mediterranean! It covers and satisfies all tastes and requirements of visitors At the port rises the majestic fortress, Koules, which for centuries protected the city but also as liquid jail full of prisoners shackled lived in the huge dark galleries and halls. Heraklion has the huge Venetian walls that protected it from its enemies and the capital's most well-fortified city of the Mediterranean. Heraklion is a major port in the Mediterranean and close to the palace of Knossos. To most important center of Minoan civilization and the capital of Minoan Crete is located 5 km south of Heraklion. Knossos flourish in 2000, approximately years. He has big palatial buildings, major facilities and rich craft and cavernous chamber carved tombs. Large financial and commercial center, Knossos has
relations with most cities in the Eastern Mediterranean Heraklion is home to several famous Greeks, men of letters and art. Among those, the writer Nikos Kazantzakis, poet laureate Odysseas Elytis and El Greco, one of the most important Renaissance painter (born in the village near Heraklion Fodele)