The myth of the Minotaur lives in a picturesque journey through the remains of the Palace of Minos, perhaps the most powerful kings of the Minoan civilization.
The archaeological excavations of the center began in 1878 with the greek archaeologist Kalokerinos but continued between 1900 and 1906 with English Arthur Evans, who financed the excavation and came to the partial reconstruction of the walls and the reproduction of many paintings.
The finds date from the time Neopalatial.
The complex was the seat of the royal family, nobles, officials and the priestly caste.
More than 1000 rooms fueled myth of the Labyrinth.
Entering from the courtyard facing the west corridor of the processions and the porch of the great propylaea with copies of frescoes preserved in the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion.
The columns mark the site as shown in the photos below

The archaeological site is located in the south of the island about 40 km south of the capital.
Its importance is due to the discovery of two superimposed buildings, one dating back protopalaziale and one rear.
West entrance on a monumental scale is being increased from propylaea central courtyard.
As at Knossos warehouses for stocks downstairs and real rooms (megaron of the king and queen, the bath for purification) upstairs.

National Park since 1962, is a most fascinating areas of the island.
The protected area comprises the south-west around a stream that crosses the White Mountains gorges digging by high walls up to a maximum height of 300m away overlooking the narrowest point up to 3 m.
Here live the last vestiges of Agrimi or krikri, local breed of wild goats.
The path to the Samaria Gorge is pretty long about 13 km of stony path and a height of 1000 meters, starting side of Omalos before reaching the sea.
We have organized tours that take you to the park entrance Omalos side at an altitude of about 1100 meters and then go down walk about 13 km of mountain path to the beach and then take a boat back to sea side. Gorges meet after about 8 km or 5 km walk side Omalos Seaside.
Along the way after 4 km from the start, in a clearing among huge cypress stands the white church of Agios Nikolaos with a slate roof
Then at about 7 km from the summit lies the village of Samaria, now uninhabited, the fourteenth-century church of Osia Maria gave the name to the village and gorges.
You then reach the long-awaited throats after about 8 km from the summit are presented as a series of protruding rock walls streaked with rust that bend at the top forming an arch almost complete (see photo)