Crete - a Sybillianist view

Island of various culture

Autor: Monika Juchniewicz gr.D

Day 1

 
10:00 a.m.

Meeting place: International Airport In Katowice, main entrance,

12:00 a.m. Departure from Katowice
3:40 p.m. Arrival to Heraklion
4:15 p.m.

About  meeting at the bus, go by bus to the „Elektra” hotel in Chania

Free time (you can go to the beach, or have a sunbath at the swimming pool)

7:00 p.m.

From  dinner with different meals and drinks. Free time

Day 2

9:00 - 11:00 a.m.

breakfast with various meals, tea and coffee

12:00 a.m.

trip to Chania. Chania is second the greatest city in Crete. There you can see Venetian architecture and Turkish architecture. Also there you can see rests of Byzantine heritage. The most popular is port In Chania, there are a lot of fishermen and traditional tawerns with traditional ford of Crete. One of the most beautiful places in Chania is quay with Venetian lighthouse. In Old Town you can see very interesting mosque of Janissaries with characteristic cupola in witch is galery of art. Also you can see there rests of fortress Kastelli - the oldest in this town.

 

If you want to better know Venice culture in Crete you can go Splanzia district which has small characteristic streets . After that you can go to Museum of Archeology which is in old Venetian chuch. There is a exhibition of Minos, Venetian and Turkish art. In New Town you can visit beautiful and colorful gardens and markt.

7:00 p.m.

return to the hotel.

dinner with traditional Greek meals and European meals, Greek wine, mineral wather and juices.

   

Day 3

9:00 - 11:00 a.m.

breakfast with various meals, tea and coffee

12:00 a.m.

trip to Rethymnon. It’s small city, but thereis fascinating mixture of culture from West and East. In Rethymnon you can visit old Venetian port with colorful boats. You can see also Turkish mosques , Museum of Archeology with Greek, Turkish and Venetian art and Renaissance fountain of Rimondi with lion’s heads.

5:00 p.m.

free time. In this time you can go to the beach, or go for walk to the city and drink some wine or taste some traditional food.

10:00 p.m.

special for  our guests we offer show with traditional Greek dances and music, with the best Greek wine and sea food. Our guest can learn traditional dances.
 

 

 

Day 4

7:00 a.m.

trip to Agios Nicolas, our guest will have a breakfast set  

11:00 a.m.

visit to the biggest city in Crete - Heraklion. It’ s capital of Crete and one of well known cities in Grece. The most famous place there is palace of king Mino in Knossos, which shows first culture in Crete. Also you can see Agios Minas kathedral (the biggest in Grece), Museum of History with exhibitions of Early Mediaeval and Byzantium and coins of Minos’s times.  

2:00 p.m.

trip to Agios Nicolas – it was small village of fishermen, now is well known spa. There our guest can see beautiful lake Vulismeniand a lot of fishermen’s colorful boats. There our guest can relax and better know folklore of this island. Our guests can visit tawerns and coffee shops which are very nice and beautiful. If you want know something about this place, you can visit Museum of Folklour with exhibiton of Creten art and craft.  
6:00 p.m. arrive to PortoElouda hotel  
7:00p.m. dinner with traditional meals and Greek wine or mineral wather  
Free time: you can go to spa in this hotel, or go swimming in swimming pool, or go for walt to the beach  
   
 

Day 5

 
9:00 a.m. brakfast with traditional Greek food  
11:00a.m. trip to Sitia. It’s beautiful city in the Ekstern Crete. There you can see Greek vineyards, picturesque ports and hills. There you can visit old Venetian fortifications and know art from New Stone Age and Roman Times, also traditional wear and clothes. The most popular in this city are raisins. One time in Lear in this city is Festiwal of Raisins when people thanks for crops.  
2:00 p.m. trip to Hersonissos- there our guest can hale good fun, because there is aqua par „Aqua Splash” with a lot of swimming pools, slides and watherfalls. Also there our guest can learn windsurfing or flying by parachute. It’s time for relax and good fun for our guests.  
6:00 p.m. arrival to „Albatros” hotel  
7:00 p.m. dinner with wine from Sitia’s vineyard, sea food, European meals, fruits and salad (if you don’t dring a wine you can drink some mineral wather or some juice).  
   
 

Day 6

  9:00 a.m. brakfast with traditional Greek food
11:00 a.m. trip to Hersonissos. Ou guest can visit heritage park of old Crete „Lychnostasis” where are houses made of stone. Alos we offer you Museum of County Life which is in old manufacture of olive oil from XIX century.
 3:00 p.m. arrive to Heraklion.  Our guests can relax and better know this beautiful city, or go to the beach.
7:00 p.m. dinner with Greek and European meals, various kinds of wine, mineral wather, juices and fruits.
10:00 p.m. farewell evening with music and dances, also with show of Greek dancers and musitians and traditional Cretan food and firedance with fireworks show.
 

Day 7

9:00 a.m. brakfast with traditional Greek food
2:00 p.m. arrival to airport in Heraklion
4:00 p.m. departure from Heraklion
7:40 p.m. arrival to International Airport in Katowice

 

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