Skip to content
Book Quad SafariUpcoming Tours
+30 698 016 3137+30 698 147 7929info@creteit.gr
EN EL
Book now
A natural rock arch inside Imbros Gorge, with tall sunlit limestone walls, pine trees and a stony path under a blue sky
Mythology & traditions

The Minotaur and the Labyrinth

Minos, Pasiphae, Daedalus, Theseus and Ariadne: the myth of the Minotaur and the Labyrinth, and how it may echo the maze-like palace of Knossos.

27 October 2026 · 4 min
Coastal cliffs above a turquoise sea on the south coast of Crete, seen from a hiking path
Mythology & traditions

Talos, the Bronze Giant Who Guarded Crete

Long before castles and coastguards, the Greeks imagined Crete protected by Talos, a giant of bronze who circled the island and stoned any ship that came too close.

9 October 2026 · 4 min
Two hikers on a snow-covered mountain slope holding a dark Crete it! flag with a goat logo, under a clear blue sky
Mythology & traditions

Zeus, Born and Raised in Crete

Rhea, the Kouretes and the goat Amaltheia: the myth of how the infant Zeus was hidden from his father in a Cretan cave, and the mountains linked to it.

29 September 2026 · 4 min