Crete Tours & Coach Touring Holidays
View all our current escorted coach tours & touring holidays in Crete.
Crete is a large and incredibly diverse island where pretty harbour towns like Aghios Nikolaos give way to rolling hills covered with thousands of olive trees. There are mountains here too and, amazingly, they are even capped with snow!
For many, Crete is famous as the home of the Minoan's, the ancient civilisation thought to have constructed the elaborate palace at Knossos, excavated by Aurthur Evans at the turn of the 20th century. In Greek mythology this is the birthplace of Zeus who, in the form of a white bull, is said to have abducted Europa and taken her back to Crete as his queen. Legend has it that Europa gave Zeus three sons, one whom, Minnos, gives his name to the centuries old civilisation.
You'll see both the Palace of Knossos - where, deep in the labyrinth, Theseus fought the Minotaur – as well as the mysterious Dikte Cave, legendary birthplace of Zeus. Elsewhere Crete is all about lovely beaches, welcoming tavernas and wonderful countryside.
Escorted Tours in Crete
On all our tours you will be escorted by one of our experienced Tour Guides, who will be on hand throughout your holiday to ensure everything goes smoothly and that you have a great time. Carefully selected, all our Tour Guides are highly trained and combine thorough local knowledge with a friendly personality. They do not drive the coaches and there is no multi-lingual commentary to spoil your touring holiday. Time after time our customers tell us that their Tour Guide has made their holiday that extra bit special.
Coach Tours in Crete
We use only modern, reliable touring coaches, all of which have air conditioning, panoramic windows and are maintained to the highest standards.
Hotels on Tour
We know that the quality of your holiday accommodation can make all the difference to the enjoyment of your touring holiday. That's why we have carefully chosen all our featured hotels to ensure that they offer not only excellent value for money, but also consistently good standards of comfort, cleanliness and service. We also make sure that, wherever possible, featured hotels are conveniently situated for exploring the local area.
Touring Holidays in Crete
Our great value touring holidays in Crete visit the following locations:
- Chania
- Rethymnon
- Heraklion
- Knossos
- Aghios Nikolaos
Cosmos Holidays
We are part of the Cosmos group, one of the UK's leading tour operators and also part of the award-winning international Globus group of companies. Within the group we have over 40 years experience in coach touring holidays and holiday planning, as well as the buying power that ensures that we secure you the very best deal.
