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You can purchase the following Boat-Tickets for daily cruises with your Hotel-Booking in our Website Kreta.com:
+ Day-Cruise to the offshore Island
Koufonissi This small Island is a Wildlife Refuge. Due to its stunning natural beauty and important ecosystem, it has been included in the European initiative NATURA 2000. This day-cruise can be booked in advance price per person 35 €.
+ Day-Cruise to the Island of
Chrissy Chrissy Island is 7 km long with a maximum width of 2 km, is located 8 nautical miles south of the most southern town Ierapetra Crete. Chrissy Island with its natural beauty is a nature reserve and part of Natura 2000 Networking Programme. You will be inspired from the exotic natural landscape of the cedar forest and the bays with golden sand and turquois water. Some of the trees are over 300 years old. This day-cruise can be booked in advance price per person 35 €.
Explore Crete’s stunning landscapes, taking your time to visit the highlights you want to see and make memories of a lifetime! ON The WHEELS to explore the Island of Crete at your own pace, tours, and trips for east Crete/ Agios Nikolaos suggestions form the Crete Experts:
+The hidden beach
Xerokampos in the southeast of Crete. The 3 beaches of Xerokampos are covered with white sand. The small Salt Lake of Xerokampos forming a lagoon. It is an ideal refuge for birds
+ Visit the south-Coast City
Ierapetra with the Arabic influence and then drive eastwards in direction Koutsouras about 1 km before you arrive the coastal village Koutsouras there is the entry of the “Red Butterfly Gorge”. 400 m from the Communal Park of Koutsouras is the starting point with the sign "Dasaki Butterfly Gorge Spring" the home of all butterfly species of Crete, especially the Red Butterflies”. It is a low-level hiking with red marks this hiking can be also be done with children. After this 2-hrs-hike your bathing suits could be wet in the beach of the small coastal village
Makri Gialos. This hiking tour can be done from May-October, not before my as the water level in the gorge is too high.
+ Day-Cruise to the offshore Island
Koufonissi This small Island is a Wildlife Refuge. Due to its stunning natural beauty and important ecosystem, it has been included in the European initiative NATURA 2000. This day-cruise can be booked in advance price per person 35 €.
+ The Palm Forest
Vai and its Monastery
Toplou for this day trip you must start early in the morning. You must arrive there before the crowds arrive with the huge tourist-buses. Even it is over-crowded in the summertime, it is worth to see! A real paradise for bathing when you arrive there before the crowds. We started from Agios Nikolaos at 4 AM!
+Visit
A day-tour to the picturesque coastal villages
Elounda and
Plaka and visiting
SpinalongaThe Spinalonga - Fort & Island Spinalonga is in the gulf of Elounda, it is one of the most famous places on the island! The rocky island is situated directly opposite the village of Plaka, the fortified islet is a classic excursion. The history of Spinalonga goes back to the antiquity when the islet contained an ancient acropolis and protected the ancient sunken city of Olous. The trips to the Island Spinalonga from Agios Nikolaos, Elounda or Plaka are organized tours. The archaeological sites are opened at least 9am to 5:45pm but it can be from 8am in Summer. In the wintertime from November to March it is closed, sometimes it may open on weekends if the weather is good.
+ One of the most renowned table lands of Crete is
the Lassithi Plateau with its dam and its Monastery Kera Kardiotissa
+ On the wheels southwards “On Hippies Trail + Culture” first you visit the archaeological site
and Gortys and then you continue southwards to the excavations of
Phaistos then in direction to the “Hippie-Village”
Matala and to Komos bay
Crete is a huge island with a great history. We cannot show all excursion options here, but we can show the most important ones.
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The hotel Minos Palace is located in the east of Crete near the picturesque port town of Agios Nikolaos. It enchants its guests with a 270 degree sea view and its authentic flair. The main house and bungalows are spread over a headland. The Hotel Minos Palace is beded in an extensive rocky garden landscape. Adults Only Hotel - A hotel for time for two, discover and enjoy as a couple . The hotel has its special authentic charm miroring the Greek "easy going", mentality!