Active Holidays Crete
Active Round Tours Crete
Do more while you are on holiday. Be active and enjoy your visit to Crete to the fullest. Tour around from one place to another and explore the island by car, bicycle or by foot. You build your own holiday and decide where you stay, how long and if you want to be active in the way you want.
There are several options and combinations possible with your active round tour Crete. It all depends on what you like and how you want to spend your holidays.
The classic tour is the one with a car only. In seven or more days you will travel around the island. This is a great opportunity to see many things from Crete and notice the difference from the different regions in culture and nature.
The combination tours are for those who want more action. These tours give you the flexability to be as active as you want, because besides a car you have also bicycles (mountainbikes) to use that are carried on the car. As an extention to this you can also travel with the car and do walks in the areas of your interest.
Active Holidays Crete
Active holidays Crete is about being active while you are on holiday. Some people just want to relax and spent their vacation time only on a sun launcher or at the beach. For those who actually want to do something more there is Active Holiday Crete. Doing things together with you partner, family or group of friends is a greta way to spent time together. It will create moments for long time to remember. Driving by car, cycling with mountain bikes or walking on your own feet are only a few of the many activities that can be done on Crete. It does not mean you have to be active every day, but having the possibility to do so is a rich experience. Many people like walking and cycling. Crete is the excellent place for this. All year long you can do these activities on the island and every season has its own beautiness. Nature is changing many times a year and even when the summer season is over the temperature is great for these activities. The best part of the active holidays is that you don't stay in one place, but move around different places. This gives you the possibility to explore every day something new.
Being out in the county fields, enjoying nature, visit historical sites and just see other places then your holiday apartment or hotel, can be an attractive way of spending your holiday. Because the Cretan Island is large, it is impossible to explore the island from out of one place. That is where the round tour Crete gives you all the options you need. To make this possible you need transportation and a travel plan. The tours provide you with a rental car, accommodation to stay and if you like to cycle, also the bicycles. The main focus of the active holiday is to give you the possibility to spent your time the way you want. You have the freedom to tour around in your car and see many different places. Do walks on paths and gorges or cycle routes that gives you the challenge to drive in the hills and enjoy the area as well in an active or sportive way. Because the program provides you with some route suggestions, you can decide yourself which one is for you. You can of course also travel your own routes. The accommodations to stay are pre-selected for their quality and the area. They are located close to walking paths and routes to cycle.
If an active holiday sounds attractive to you, then the round tour Crete with car and bicycle or the round tour Crete with car and walking routes, might be the ideal holiday for you.
About Crete
Crete is well known as a summer holiday destination. The Mediterranean climate gives almost a guarantee for sunshine and excellent temperatures. In the high season, July and August, the Cretan coastline is occupied by tourist who enjoy the crystal clear blue waters, the beaches and bays. But Crete has a lot more to offer and also outside of the summer season. Just a few minutes away from the coastline you can find a different world where you will be amazed about the nature, historical buildings and the hundreds of small villages. This gives you the opportunity to explore Crete in a different way, the active way.
Read more about Crete and what this Greek Island has to offer.
For many years tourists visit the island of Crete all year round. Most of them come in summer time because of the weather and the school holidays. Crete knows its guests from many countries around the world. The mass tourism has in some parts really developed, especially on certain centers on the north coast of the island. The main Cities are Heraklion, Chania and Rethymno. The island is about 300 km wide and from the north to the south the distance differs from 25 to 150 km. The big markers on Crete are the mountains. Famous are the "Lefka Ori" in the west and the "Psiloritis" in the middle. If you travel from north to south or vise verse, you always have to pass hills or mountains. The south coast is known for its many small bays hidden by rocks rising up from the sea. The quality of the waters around Crete is excellent and many beaches are yearly rewarded with the international certificate of the "light blue flag".Because of the mild Mediterranean climate, the sea and the mountains you can find a big diversity in the landscape, nature, agriculture and vegetation. The first inhabitants of Crete arrived thousands of years ago and because they could only live with the things the island had to offer, they left a culture and historical rich society. After many foreign occupations over the years, the culture has developed to a unique one that nowhere else in the world can be found. Crete is a part of Greece, but the Cretan people see this in a different way. Crete is Crete and is like a small country on its own.
The island of Crete knows four prefectures. From west to east there is Chania, Rethymnon, Heraklion and Lassithi. Each of the prefectures has its own main cities. For Chania it is the city of Chania and Kissamos. For Rethymnon it is the city of Rethymno and Spili. For Heraklion it is the city of Heraklio and for Lassithi it is Agios Nicoloas and Irapetra.