Phaistos Crete

Crete , Greece
  • Traveler Rating 4.50
    11 reviews 8 travel blogs 14 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Ancient ruins, Historic site

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  • 1

    Aegean Sea Islands, part I: Crete

    18 photos

    ... led also to exchanges of art: many of the statues had Egyptian influences, especially in the later periods.  The Phaistos Disk shows how Minoan civilization somehow was well ahead of its time, as the disk shows type printing of characters over ...

  • 2

    Heraklion

    ... led also to exchanges of art: many of the statues had Egyptian influences, especially in the later periods.  The Phaistos Disk shows how Minoan civilization somehow was well ahead of its time, as the disk shows type printing of characters over ...

  • 3

    Ancient Ruins in Crete

    267 photos

    ... to nap. We ate a lovely hotel breakfast and spent the next two days seeing sites such as the old palaces of Knossos and Phaistos, visiting an archaeological museum and using our free time to pick up souvenirs, and find a good local place to eat and stay ...

  • 4

    cool caves

    30 photos

    ... the wonders of the internet that the village of Matala is apparently the most ancient village in Crete and was the ancient port of Phaistos and Gortys and a former fishing community. The remains of the ancient city stay submerged under ...

  • 5

    Crete - Coast to Coast

    23 photos

    ... if it is not irrigated it doesn't grow nice crops.  Lots of olive trees similar to what we saw in much of mainland Greece We wrapped our history lesson up for the day with a visit to Phaistus, a huge royal palace ruin dating back to Minoan ...

  • 6

    Crete City Three/Four

    21 photos

    ... friezes which were pretty impressive and definitely more so than the replacements they left in the site. They also had the Phaistos disk, which I have a strange fascination with for unknown reasons. It's kind of like an uncracked rosetta stone. I think ...

  • 7

    From Heraklion to Knossos to Kalamaki

    8 photos

    ... with all the shouting and frenzy of the tour groups.  Before leaving the Knossos area we ordered take-out wraps for lunch. Phaistos was a much better experience.  There were far fewer people.  It was located in a quiet area with sheep and ...

  • 8

    Phaistos

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