On an island that has commanded center stage in the Greek world since prehistoric times – from the Minoan era through Hellenistic years and the Roman Empire, to modern Greek history – Crete has cultivated significant settlements and given birth to crucial chapters in our country’s economic, cultural, and political narrative.

For those passionate about archaeology and history, for seekers of our past’s how and why, few places today offer such compelling interest, possessing a series of archaeological sites and museums capable of narrating in exquisite detail the yesterday and today of this extraordinary homeland.

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