🏨 Spinalonga Kritsa Olive Factory Tour From Heraklion Activity

Spinalonga Kritsa Olive Factory Tour From Heraklion

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From $28.83

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 8 hours

Departs: Heraklion, Heraklion

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

Overview

Visit Spinalonga, the last leper colony in Europe, is located in Elounda from where we take the boat for Spinalonga island. Originally, Venetians fortified the islet in 1579, by building a fortress with 40 cannons and they are actually the best preserved walls in Europe.
Visit Kritsa village, located 10 km from Agios Nikolaos in Lasithi. A beautiful small village in the mountain foothills, with narrow winding lanes and plenty of character.

What's Included

Air Conditioned Bus

Guide

Pick up/Drop Off

What's Not Included

Boat ticket 10 euros per person (includes a lunch box)

Spinalonga Entrance 8€

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 3
CHILD: Age: 4 - 11
ADULT: Age: 12 - 99

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Spinalonga

Our tour begins from Elounda where we take the boat to Spinalonga island. Spinalonga is the last leper colony in Europe Originally, Venetians fortified the islet in 1579, by building a fortress with 40 cannons and they are the best-preserved walls in Europe.

It used to be a leper colony from 1903 until 1957, where lepers could have a better life, medical help, and economic support. The ruins of the market street with the shops, the hospital, and many small houses in which lepers lived isolated, can be visited by on your own.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Kritsa

Kritsa is a village in the east of the island of Crete, located 10 km from Agios Nikolaos in Lasithi.
A beautiful small village in the mountain foothills, with narrow winding lanes and plenty of character. Renowned for the skill of the local weavers and embroiderers, many tourists visit just to see the beautiful lacework, table clothes, and other cloths on display and for sale in the village.

This picturesque village is built into a hillside and is very steep, adding to its charm and scenery, however, it was not built for modern cars. Nearby is the ruin of the Dorian city of Lato.

Thought to have been nominated in this area in the fifth and fourth centuries BC. Nearby also is the gorge of the same name and Katharo plateau leading through the Dikti mountains to the Lasithi plateau.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Malia

Our last stop is at the olive factory in Malia and taste the famous Cretan olive oil.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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