Since then, it has become the biggest tourist draw on Crete. Knossos is located about 3 miles south of Heraklion (city buses run regularly from Bus Station A). Make sure to budget a good chunk of ...

The ancient Minoan palace of Zominthos on Crete, located at a height of 1,200 meters, shows that Minoans were highlanders too ...

In the early prehistoric era, minoans populated Crete, where they built an advanced civilization ... the civilization evolved. In particular, their temple at Knossos was a magnificent piece of ...

who kept a Minotaur in a labyrinth under his palace at Knossos on Crete, until the beast was killed by the Athenian hero Theseus. But experts think the Minoans lived on Crete between about 3100 ...