TRAVEL THE WORLD - PHAESTOS, CRETE, GREECE

These three 2004 photos were taken at Phaestos, an ancient Minoan site on Crete. Not only were the excavations very interesting and very old, but the site itself was very beautiful with views of mountains and valleys from all sides.

TRAVEL THE WORLD - PHAESTOS, CRETE

We thoroughly enjoyed Phaestos, an ancient site on Crete, which we visited in 2004. Because there has been no reconstruction here as there has, for example, at Knossos, there were only the ruins themselves and the beauty of the site to work unimpeded upon the imagination. Phaestos sits on a hill with views overlooking the valley below. Another attraction is that these Minoan ruins are much older than the Greek and Roman sites we have visited, and yet they are relatively unknown, at least compared with Knossos.