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WeGuide you to the Archeological Museum of Heraklion which hosts a collection that makes it one of the most important Museums in Europe in its field.
The Archaeological Museum of Heraklion provides a unique opportunity for the visitor to marvel at the findings of the first of civilisation in Europe, the Minoan civilisation.
Join our tour as we guide you through the ages, in a period of time that extends over a 5.000 years, from neolithic to roman era.
Come and discover with WeGuide, the treasures of the past of Crete. Find out how Cretan people used to live, their occupation, religion, architecture, travel, arts etc.

The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is one of the largest and most important museums in Greece, and among the most important museums in Europe. It houses representative artefacts from all the periods of Cretan prehistory and history, covering a chronological span of over 5,500 years from the Neolithic period to Roman times. The singularly important Minoan collection contains unique examples of Minoan art, many of them true masterpieces. The Heraklion Museum is rightly considered as the museum of Minoan culture par excellence worldwide.

The museum, located in the town center, was built between 1937 and 1940 by architect Patroklos Karantinos on a site previously occupied by the Roman Catholic monastery of Saint-Francis which was destroyed by earthquake in 1856. The museum’s antiseismic building is an important example of modernist architecture and was awarded a Bauhaus commendation. The colours and construction materials, such as the veined polychrome marbles, recall certain Minoan wall-paintings which imitate marble revetment. The two-storeyed building has 27 galleries, a gallery for audio-visual displays, extensive modern laboratories, a cloakroom, a cafeteria and a museum shop that sells museum copies, books, postcards and slides.

*The tour is executed with the assistance of your private professional guide. The customer uses its own vehicle. Meeting point; Entrance of Archeological Museum of Heraklion.

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Get to know Heraklion the largest city and Capital of Crete. Visit, along with WeGuide, Heraklion’s major monuments; travel through time and its rich history. Discover the past and the present of a city that combines old with new. The Heraklion city Walking tour last 90 minutes and appeals to every visitor, regardless of age.
What to expect: Easy walking tour (expect some steps, walk through pedestrian streets), seeing the city’s most important monuments, with your licensed guide, providing information about the city’s attractions. Feel free to ask your licensed guide any questions.
Tour Highlights
➜ The Venetian port
A lovely Port that still today displays its strong character as one of the strongholds of the people’s republic of St.Marcus, the winged lion today stands silent embedded in the fort of the harbor. To the East the Venetian ship yards that once built war ships!
➜ Archiepiscopal Church of St. Titus
St.Titus disciple of St.Paul and first bishop of Crete in the 1st. Century A.D.
The impressive once Venetian Basilica of the Venetian Era was converted into a Mosque during the Ottoman Era and today it is an Greek Orthodox Church.
➜ Venetian Loggia
Coats of Armor, Venetian Nobility, Laws, Taxes for the Lion of St.Marcus of the republic of Venice needed to be housed and served!
An impressive building of administration and authority then and today!
➜ St. Marcus Basilica
Once the Basilica of St.Marcus of the Venetian Period stripped of its bell tower and converted to a Mosque during the Ottoman Era!Today this building of devotion is a center of fine arts,concerts exhibitions.
➜ Morosini Fountain
The little lions as the locals say for their beloved once wild beasts!
A fountain of lions,embraced by nymphs dancing around them.The heart of the city of Heraklion.
➜ St. Menas Cathedral
St.Menas the patron saint of Heraklion,today this impressive cathedral stands in a large square.But if ever Heraklion is in danger or suffers st.Menas will emerge like in the past and we shall all hear him galloping through the city our patron and protector.
➜ Central Market
A market sun-kissed full of spices from far away lands as well as local.Fruit,vegetables,scents a chance to see,smell,meet with friends choose with love and affection your daily food. For in Greece we say love goes through the belly!
Yes we can smell, cook taste and even eat affection and love.
➜ Liberty Square
Freedom a concept and word synonymous for all Cretans!
Freedom..liberty for they have fought for it so much.
Honor your ancestors,remember those before you who fought for liberty.

* Your private professional guide will be with you for the tour. The customers uses its own vehicle. Meetring point The Venetian port of Heraklion.