The ancient Minoan palace of Zominthos on Crete located at a height of 1,200 meters shows that Minoans highlanders too.

For hundreds of years experts have been trying to find answers as to how the great Minoan civilization of Crete came to an ...

Beyond Crete's sun-drenched beaches is a world of ancient palaces filled with Minoan history, begging for more tourists.

This island is home to one of the world's best beach which was famously visited by the then Prince Charles and Princess Diana ...

More recent archaeological digs have demonstrated that Crete was widely urbanized during this period and that Knossos exercised some kind of hegemony over other Cretan cities. The mid-second ...

Since then, it has become the biggest tourist draw on Crete. Knossos is located about 3 miles south of Heraklion (city buses run regularly from Bus Station A). Make sure to budget a good chunk of ...

One of the longest-enduring symbols of Ancient Greek mythology, which continues to capture the popular imagination, is that of the Labyrinth of Knossos. Set on Crete, it was commissioned by King ...

In 2024, the Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete witnessed a surge in tourism, with the number of visitors exceeding one million and surpassing the previous record set in 2019, according to SKAI.

Among the cities is Knossos, a great city; and there Minos was nine years king, the boon companion of mighty Zeus." That was Homer, singing the praises of Crete, prosperous and cosmopolitan ...