Yannis Divramis 
Lindos is a clifftop village on the east coast of Rhodes, roughly fifty kilometres south of Rhodes town, crowned by an ancient acropolis and ringed by whitewashed houses and a sheltered bay. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. For the wider island context, see our Rhodes travel guide. The sections below cover what … Read more
Rhodes Old Town is the fortified medieval heart of Rhodes city, a UNESCO World Heritage site enclosed by the great stone walls of the Knights of Saint John and one of Europe’s largest inhabited medieval towns. It rewards slow, on-foot wandering through cobbled lanes, gateways and squares. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. … Read more
Things to do in Rhodes range from exploring the medieval, UNESCO-listed Old Town to lounging on golden beaches, climbing the Acropolis of Lindos and sailing to nearby Symi. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. For the full picture of the island, see our Rhodes travel guide, which sets the wider context for this … Read more
Cretan hieroglyphics are the earliest known writing system of Minoan Crete, a script of pictorial signs engraved on seals and small clay documents during the Old Palace period at sites such as Knossos and Malia. The script remains undeciphered and its language is unknown. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. This script first … Read more
A Minoan tholos tomb is a circular, stone-built communal grave used by early Bronze Age communities on Crete, above all on the Mesara plain in the south of the island. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. These round graves belong to the same Bronze Age world that produced the great palace complexes such … Read more
Minoan burial customs were the funerary practices of Bronze Age Crete, defined by communal tombs that families reused across generations and by burials in painted clay coffins called larnakes. These customs reveal how the Minoans honoured the dead and imagined the afterlife. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. The same culture that built … Read more
The Dikteon Cave is a sacred cave on the Lasithi Plateau in eastern-central Crete, above the village of Psychro, traditionally linked with Mount Dikti and celebrated in Greek myth as a birthplace of Zeus. It draws visitors who want to stand inside one of the island’s most storied Minoan cult places. Plan tickets and tours … Read more
Kamares ware is a fine polychrome luxury pottery of the Old Palace period, the most accomplished Minoan palatial pottery of its time. It was painted in white, red and orange on a dark lustrous ground and prized across the Bronze Age Mediterranean. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. The palace workshops that produced … Read more
Minoan food was an early Mediterranean diet built on bread, olive oil, pulses, fruit, dairy and seafood, eaten by the Bronze Age people of Crete. This balanced, plant-led diet sustained a sophisticated palace society for centuries. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. The same surplus that fed daily meals also stocked the storerooms … Read more
Minoan agriculture was the farming system of Bronze Age Crete, built on cereals, olives and grapes alongside livestock, pulses and orchard crops that fed the island and fuelled its palace economy. This agricultural foundation made Crete one of the wealthiest societies of the ancient Aegean. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. The harvests … Read more