Minoan East Crete

DETAILED TOUR TIMELINE

• Gournia Minoan town, industrial area and Minoan Arts center

  Your day will start visiting the amazing excavations of the Minoan industrial small town, trading and arts center of Gournia. You will be walking along prehistoric houses, pedestrian alleys, art workshops and cult areas. You will explore how everyday people lived four thousand years ago and seek for the similarities with local life today in Crete.

• The sacred Olive Tree of Kavousi and the Minoan Nature Dance

  By the oldest olive tree of the Mediterranean – a 3250 years old natural monument, you will experience an hour and a half dance workshop on the Minoan Seasonal Dances.

  Inspired by ancient postures and ritual dance depictions on the Minoan Art , you will attempt an approach on the Minoan Ritual Dance through a theoretic presentation and a practical dance session.

  Welcoming the Spring, awaking the Land, Swirl fertility Dances, Tree or Altar Dances are some of our thematic cores. Music and natural elements will accompany your attempt and help you go deeper into this unique experience.

• Lunch and swimming opportunity in Mochlos village

  In the traditional sea front village of Mochlos, one of the few villages on Crete formed literally on the water, you can swim and enjoy lunch at a local fish restaurant!

• Upon Request: Mochlos Island: the amazing Minoan port town

  You will reach the island of Mochlos by a small boat. On the island, you will explore one of the most important Minoan sites on Crete, flourishing port town and ancient trading center.

  The excavations on Mochlos brought to light a plethora of unique findings, Minoan shrines, workshops and a pre-palatial cemetery. Mochlos had become a magnet and center for new industries, including the manufacture of gold jewelry, stone vases and faience 4.000 years ago.

  Additionally, the presence of workshops in Mochlos using raw materials like gold, implies trading relations beyond the island of Crete. The excavations are still active, conducted by the American Archaeology school.

• Tour Inclusions

  An Official Licensed tourist Guide

  Your private Transportation on a premium class vehicle

  A professional driver

  Your Minoan Dance session conducted by a professional choreographer and dance teacher

• Tour Exclusions

  Your entrance tickets for the Sites

  Your meal, paid locally