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Flower Power - Lotus Land

5.02 reviewsDay trips

  • 8 hours
  • Free cancellation up to 24h before
  • 2 languages
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Highlights

Cherries, Churches and the Valley of Amari. A hidden paradise between the mountain Kedros and Psilorites. Explore the beautiful landscape at the springtime. For only a few months the year, the valley open it’s beauty. The first stop is at the ceramic pottery village Margerithes. After you'll visit the hidden valley and see a carpet of flowers, particularly orchids and irises including Orphys mammosa (Breasted orphrys), Orchis pauciflora (Sparsley-flowering orchid), Orchis italica, Orphys tenthredinifera, Iris cretensis, Hermodactylus tuberosus and Romulea bulbocodium. The great profusion of flowers is due to the limestone on which the plateau is situated. One of the highlights of this plateau is the extremely rare Tulipa doerfleri, and it occurs in in such great numbers that the fields are coloured red! Later filled up with the beauty of the flowers you'll have lunch in a traditional taverna After a good meal you'll visit Spili, the heart of Crete bevor heading back.

Inclusions

What's included

  • Cretan Lunch in a traditional Taverna, Wine and Water incl.

Itinerary

  1. Margarites is undoubtedly the most important pottery center in western Crete. You'll make a nice little walk through the villange and visit a pottery, to see the traditional techniques which go back to Neolithic period to create ceramics which are very useful in our modern lives.

    1 h

  2. Enjoy the fresh climat at the heart of Crete

    30 min

  3. Visit a hidden place, a plateau, full of endemic Orchids, Tulips and other colourfull plowers

    1 h

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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Know before you go

Pickup
Pickup is included for everyone.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group size
Up to 8 travellers
Operated by
TOURLINE
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

How it compares in Heraklion

  • Its from-price is 13% below the median of the 168 day trips we list in Heraklion.
  • Its length is typical for the group.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 98 of 168.
  • The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Heraklion

Heraklion, the largest city on Crete, is a Venetian-walled port near Knossos, the Minoan palace, and the museum that holds its treasures.

Heraklion is the capital and main port of Crete, wrapped in Venetian walls and bastions of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Koules fortress guards the old harbour mouth, and Lions Square has the Morosini Fountain, held up by four stone lions. Nikos Kazantzakis, the author of Zorba the Greek, is buried on the Martinengo bastion under a simple wooden cross.

Top-ranked sights in Heraklion: Palace of Knossos, Malia, Kera Kardiotissa Monastery.

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