Crete
Tour Highlights
The jewel of the Southern Sea.
Follow the path to Knossos – the Palace of Minos himself then to Phaistos where the famous Phaistos Disc was uncovered.
Let your students not just study ancient Crete – let them breath it.
Sample Itinerary
Day One: Flight from UK to Heraklion. Arrive at hotel and check-in.
Day Two: Morning visit to Minoan Palace of Sarpedon, brother of King Minos. Afternoon visit to Roman town of Gortyn.
Day Three: Full day excursion to Knossos to visit Palace of King Minos. Traditional Cretan evening meal with music.
Day Four: Morning visit to Doric city of Lato including Minoan Palace of Aghia Triada. Afternoon visit to Palace of Phaistos and site where Phaistos Disc was excavated.
Day Five: Morning visit to Heraklion Archaeological Museum including the Phaistos Disc. Return flight to UK.
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Practical Information
All Nimrod Classics tours include the following elements as standard:
- Return flights as detailed in itinerary
- All departure taxes
- All coach transportation as required by your itinerary (except where otherwise stated)
- Half-board accommodation in multi-bedded rooms for students, twins for adults
- Single room supplements for staff travelling on free places up to a maximum of 4
- Organisation of all excursions (NB. All admission fees ARE included unless specifically stated)
- Services of a local representative in resort (NB. Full-time Nimrod tour manager available on request for all destinations)
- Free places for accompanying staff on a ratio of 1:10 for student tours, 2 free places for adult tours (extra free places can be included at additional cost)
- Local tourist taxes and coach permits where required
- UK VAT where applicable
The following elements are NOT included in any of our prices:
- Meals en-route/Lunch each day (full-board accommodation available on request)
- Drinks with meals (other than breakfast)
- Personal and medical travel insurance (we would be pleased to assist you in organising insurance for your group if you do not already have insurance in place)
- UK airport transfers (we would be happy to arrange these for you at a small supplement if required)
Health & Safety
At Nimrod Festivals & Tours, your safety while participating on any our of tours is of paramount importance to us.
All our suppliers are obliged to meet local licensing and safety standards.
We carry out inspections of the facilities we use at least every three years to ensure that they continue to meet our strict standards.
Safety is always our first priority which means that we take the utmost possible care in selecting our suppliers and in planning your itinerary.
We are also happy to render every possible assistance to Group Leaders for the purposes of completing Risk Assessments from providing information on our services to helping you plan a pre-tour inspection visit.
We are happy, of course, to provide any additional documentation with regard to our Public Liability Insurance, Safety Management System or bonding for example, such as you may require for the purposes of completing Risk Assessments.
