Start at the traditional village of Mochos with its narrow alleys and colourful gardens, then continue to Krasi and visit the 2,400-year-old Writers' Plane Tree. Afterwards, the tour will ascend to the Diktaion Andron, an ancient cave believed to be the birthplace of Zeus. Take in the incredible view of the Lasithi Plateau. After that amazing experience the tour will take you to the vibrant city of Agios Nikolaos through a long-forgotten route where you get to see wildgoats from up close. There you can visit, surrounded by many legends, Voulismeni lake. Next, visit the villages of Elouda and Plaka with the beautiful beach where you can take a swim or/and visit the world-famous Spinaloga which is a short boat-ride away.
Posted By : A8865ZNmonicak
Kostas was amazing! Our cruise ship decided to cut our day on Crete 1 week prior, and Kostas rearranged the itenerary for us to have the best authentic Crete experience! I traveled with Family and Friends (celebrating our big 50), and eveyone thoroughly enjoyed Kostas quick wit and humor (he had us all laughing throughout the trip). All I can say is book with Kostas and you will NOT regret it. It will make your trip to Crete unforgetable. I will always remember the Olive Oil tour as we had farmers in our group, and enjoyed seeing the olive harvester!! Kostas provided homemade snacks that were delicious and his own honey (super yummy).
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Posted On : 2024-07-01 10:33:47 
Posted By : Kelly_Z
An absolute fabulous trip with Kostas. True Cretan hospitality! We cannot thank him enough for his kindness towards us. We hope to see you soon! A must book trip on the island.
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Posted On : 2024-06-19 13:17:06 
Posted By : Christina_M
We had a great time on our tour. Highly recommend this tour with Kostas especially if you are only staying a few days.
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Posted On : 2024-06-10 11:10:07
Posted By : Jessica_B
Kostas was such a hospitable and knowledgeable guide. A source of all things historical and cretian we were impressed by his communication, attention to detail and general care for our experience. I would highly recommend Kostas whatever your needs may be as he was able to customize eveything to our needs; make recommendations and changes as needed and on the fly. We stopped at the most wonderful local taverna in herklion during our travels and really were able to maximize our short time in this beautiful place. If you’re thinking about booking Kostas and his team don’t think anymore and book! Thank you!
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Posted On : 2024-06-02 05:08:53
Posted By : Kathy_F
Kostas was an amazing guide and driver extremely knowledgeable and professional. We loved our stops with the Zeus Caves being our favorite. Kostas had special treats and shared experiences throughout our tour. We highly recommend Kostas.
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Posted On : 2024-02-22 01:01:09
Posted By : nasreenm2024
Kostas was such fun tour guide! Make sure to bring your sense of humor. He is also so caring & thoughtful. He goes out of his way to make sure that you get the most experience in your tour. He has connections with the locals & make things happen. We’re so bummed to find that the Olive factory was closing for the day, Kostas used his charm & persuaded them to give us the tour & he performed his ‘how to drink Olive the right way’ performance for us😆 He’s also very organized, he came prepared with packaged of snacks that he treated us with at each stops. Each of those snacks represented authentic Greek foods & some of them were prepared by his mom & crops from their own farm…how thoughtful!
We had three young adults & two adults but I think any age group would have a great time with Kostas.
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Posted On : 2024-01-19 16:55:53
Posted By : chrisbQ3894RE
An absolutely brilliant tour with Kostas! If you want a trip anywhere in Crete, I couldn’t recommend him highly enough. Kostas sorted a fantastic itinerary - based exactly on the sort of tour we wanted. This included some great historical sites, a boat trip, and the best off-the-beaten-track coastal village for lunch and a swim you could ever imagine 👌 He’s exceptionally knowledgable about all things Crete and ancient history too (if you want him to be!) Clearly knows the island inside out.
Really great full day out for us and for the kids. Kostas’s vehicle is superb -absolutely top-end and really comfortable with loads of room. Great communication beforehand - we booked at really short notice when we were already in Crete - but he sorted everything very quickly and very easily. Tailors everything to what you want. Top stuff 👍👍
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Posted On : 2024-01-16 17:28:22
Posted By : tzaman09
The best tour I had while in Greece. Kostas is by far the best tour guide I've ever had. Family was able to see different sites of East Crete. Car used for this was the most comfortable for our family. At each stop he gave us homemade food including his own families honey, which was amazing!!!! Kostas made the trip very informative and was able to make it very enjoyable with his jokes! Learned a lot of the history of Crete and Greece. Took us to authentic Greek restaurant and helped our family order food with dietary requirements. If go to Crete highly recommend this tour and ask for Kostas!
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Posted On : 2024-01-15 21:56:40
Posted By : James_P
Great tour guide in the Heraklion area- knowledgeable personable, fun, energetic and responsive. Pretty day for our early September tour of the area and Kostas suggested touring the Leper colony first- great suggestion because we were able to beat most of the crowds and enjoy the boat ride over and the walk around the island which makes up the Leper colony before the noon sun. Loved it. Kostas provided good background on the history of the colony so that we could appreciate the site.
We especially wanted to tour the Cave of Zeus (which closes earlier in the day starting in September than in the summer months) so Kostas suggested a quick drive through the pretty but more travelled lake area since we decided to pass on the shopping. We stopped for a few scenic observation point pictures and then headed to Cave of Zeus. Moderately challenging walk up and many stairs down, but really enjoyed seeing it.
A very special treat was the late lunch location that Kostas picked at a family run restaurant in the mountains near the Cave— incredible grilled lamb, BBQ goat, oven roasted potatoes, wild greens (amaranth), fava spread, cheese stuffed zucchini blossoms— all wonderful! Enjoyed with some very pleasing Cretan red and white wines. Kostas then explained to us the Cretan tradition that restaurants offer complimentary dessert and a shot of raki after lunch. The raki is often house distilled and is a potent alcohol that takes some getting used to, but the tradition grew on us as we traveled through Crete.
Kostas toured us in a luxurious Mercedes van with captain chairs facing a table and provided many local Cretan specialties for us during the day including partireis, honey coated dough, cookies, healing local herbs for teas (along with the very interesting stories of the tradition of their use) and locally gathered honey along with background of bee keeping on the island of Crete and the healing use of homey. The honey had an incredible flavor and Kostas shared samples of all these goodies with us.
A native of Crete, Kostas enhanced our trip with the historical and cultural background that he provided. Truly delightful. All of our group was wowed by his knowledge and his fun-loving approach to showing us Crete. We would definitely tour with him again
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Posted On : 2023-11-12 12:39:24
Posted By : seilerrodney
Excellent Private tour in a new, clean Mercedes mini bus to Zeus’s cave, several quaint villages, Spinaloga Island (former leper colony) and more. Our wonderful guide, Kostas, was great!! We had a scrumptious lunch at a family run eatery with an incredible view and also sampled many traditional homemade treats and delicacies. At least moderate uphill walking is required to visit the cave of Zeus but you can also just sit at a local cafe should you choose. This is a very unique, one of a kind tour of lesser known but fantastic sites and scenery and a highlight of our stay in Crete! Thank you Kostas for showing us traditional Crete!!
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Posted On : 2023-10-16 10:21:37
