Culture - Heraklion

The Palace of Phaistos is one of the most important centres of Minoan civilisation in Crete, second only in significance to Knossos, and one of the main cultural attractions of southern Heraklion

Telling the story of Crete, the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion brings to life more than 5,500 years of history, from Neolithic times to the Minoans and beyond

Discover the splendour of Knossos Palace, near Heraklion, where the greatest civilisation of Minoan Crete ruled almost 4,000 years ago and where Theseus killed the legendary Minotaur in King Minos’ labyrinth