Hotel Crete
Hotel Crete All the hotels have breathtaking view unique for every part of the day. Our guide will include hotels which have facilities designes for all ages.
Crete has a lot of history so the visitors will have the chance to visit our archeological places and the variety of our museums, go sightseeing and learn about our history. The History of Crete encompasses the ancient Minoan civilization, which used its own system of script, Linear A and B. After this civilisation was destroyed by natural catastrophes, Crete developed a Ancient Greece-influenced organization of city states, then became part of successively the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Venetian Republic, and the Ottoman Empire.
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Crete is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece. It is also the largest of the Greek islands at 8,336 km² (3,219 square miles) and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean. Crete is a location of significant ancient history and a popular tourist destination; its attractions include the Minoan sites of Knossos and Phaistos, the classical site of Gortys, the Venetian castle at Rethymno, and the Samaria Gorge, as well as many other natural sites, monuments, and beaches. Crete was the centre of the Minoan civilization, the oldest form of Greek and hence European civilization. Visit hotel crete |