It is very romantic to say that you rent a car and travel an island like Crete, but I’ve always preferred the tours with a good guide: they explain things to you, you invent the right thing to do. To the city of Knossos You can go with the image of the labyrinth, Icarus plummeting or the rowdy relationships of the woman of Minos with a bull, but the reality is much more amazing. Expect a palace with over a thousand rooms, four entrances, cul-de-sac, air conditioning (of the time), anti-seismic systems, bathtubs, drainage and water storage areas, a first theater concept. The labyrinth is the palace. From there to invent a minotaur for whatever reason, there is only one step.
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