Palekastro TO Heraklion Town

• Transfers with Taxi for max. 4 people

• Transfers with MiniVan for max. 8 people

• Transfers with MiniBus for max. 11 people

• 10% discount in total price for all return reservations

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Palekastro

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Heraklion Town

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Palekastro To Heraklion Town

Your private minivan and taxi transfers at the best price guaranteed

Private Taxi Transfer

×4 ×4

One Way Price

210€

Private MiniVan

×8 ×8

One Way Price

270€

Executive MiniVan

×8 ×8

One Way Price

280€

Private MiniBus

×11 ×11

One Way Price

330€


Palekastro

Palekastro

TransferPlan will transfer you from and to Palekastro as quickly, safely and comfortably as possible. Palekastro is a small village 20 km from the town of Sitia in the region of Lasithi, in the east of Crete.

In Paleokastro you will find a very rich agrarian landscape, the village is surrounded by olive groves, grapevines, gardens and rugged hills. Another natural sight of rare beauty is the flat-topped Hill of Kastri. Kastri stands above the village and separates the coastline in two parts.

In Paleokastro you can find many traditional establishments and very rich historical and cultural heritage. First off, you can explore Greek coffee culture by visiting a 'Kafenion', basically a small coffee house frequented by locals. You can also visit the Cretan Folklore museum, which is housed within the premises of an actual restored traditional Cretan mansion. Then you can find some early 20th century artefacts and antiquities that will give you a glimpse into the daily lives of the locals. Most residents are employed in the agricultural sector; thus the region is famous for a great produce of high-quality olive oil, wine, cheese, fish, all perfectly incorporated within the local cuisine. Paleokastro is a great place to experience the hospitality of locals and their rich culinary culture.

Between the village and the bay is the ancient Minoan site of the township Roussolakkos. This settlement dates back to 2000 BC and it was the second largest Minoan settlement after Knossos. Roussolakkos is a significant historical site, where archaeologists managed to retrieve several items and draw a clear picture of what life in Minoan Crete looked like.

The first thing you want to do as you reach Paleokastro is to get to the beach. To reach the local beach of Chiona is only a short walk away from the village centre. Chiona is a beautiful and quiet sandy beach with blue crystal-clear waters. However, if there is a 'star beach' in Paleokastro that would be Vai, where 'Bounty' used the beach as the location for some of their commercials in the 90s. Vai is only 8km away from the centre of Paleokastro and is an easy car ride away.

If you are more interested in tracing historical and natural sights, then you can book some excellent boat trips, that will take you into scenic bays and to the historical sight of Spinalonga island. Worth mentioning is also the Toplou Monastery near the region of Sitia. Moreover, you can visit the fourth Minoan Palace of the island at Zakros, or explore the Roman ruins of Ithanos.

Paleokastro is an ideal place to experience 'real' Crete in its simplest and most authentic form. Time pasts slowly here and locals keep age all traditions alive in a very fast-paced modern world.

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Heraklion Town Crete

Heraklion Town

TransferPlan will transfer you from and to Heraklion town as quickly, safely and comfortably as possible. Heraklion boasts the title of the largest urban entity in Crete and is also the administrative capital of the island. Heraklion has an immense historical and cultural heritage, as in close proximity to the city visitors can find the Palace of Knossos, which has served as the centre of Minoan civilisation. Throughout the city, you can also find a number of constructions dating back to the Venetian occupation such as Koules Fortress in the old port.

Heraklion is home to some world class monuments and cultural landmarks. Among the most outstanding man-made structures is the Heraklion Fortress that contains the 'old town'. Originally built by Arab merchants and later on reinforced by Venetians, the Fortress included seven bastions, of which only the Martinego bastion survives the passing of time. Moreover, visitors will be delighted to find one of the gates to the city, named Chanioporta, which is ornate with the winged lion of Saint Marc. Visitors can also pay pilgrimage to the grave of one of Greece's most important writers and Nobel recipient, N. Kazantzakis. The sight that marks his resting place also offers some mesmerising views of the city.

Throughout the city, one can spot statues and monuments commemorating prolific figures that have been important for Greece's course through history and have contributed to Crete's immense cultural heritage. Some of the names include renaissance painter El Greco, Poet Vicenzo Kornaros and Politician Eleftherios Venizelos.

Moreover, the Archaeological museum should be on the top of every visitor's list; a splendid space that boasts a massive collection of ancient artefacts from all over the island and covers more than 5,500 years of history. Special emphasis is given to the spoils of Minoan civilisation, which has been one of the first to spring in the Southern European cost and was almost entirely wiped out by a volcanic eruption and a subsequent tsunami. The museum is home to the most important collection of surviving Minoan antiquities in the world and awaits its visitors to explore the mysteries of this extinguished civilisation.

Nowadays, Heraklion represents a beacon of Greek modernization and has been subjected to an extensive urban sprawl, that gives it a truly unique character. Despite the expansion of concrete residential blocs and the immense traffic, a short walk through the bustling streets and alleys will travel you through thousand years of history and will reveal to you the hip side of Greece with its rich coffee culture and culinary delights that can be found in every corner.

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