CHILDREN ACTIVITIES AT TRADITIONAL CRETAN VILLAGE

Depart from hotel with a your private airconditioned coach & a tour guide. You will spend an amazing  day in a traditional Cretan Village only 15 minutes drive from Herakleion. There we have various workshops such as the bellow , where you will be able to choose for any of the bellow or even a combination of 2. We provide all the materials that you will need for each activity and at the end you will be able to take back home what you have prepared .  We will start the day with either Painting at the museum, or Activity with dough or Activity with potter clay, Activity with live animals.

We  will be able to do various of the bellow activities or even combination of 2 of the bellow activities.

Komboloe

• After a short presentation of the history of komboloe on power point, our guests make their own komboloe with the pearls we provide to them. At the end they keep their creation as souvenir.
• The group is accompanied by an English speaking member of our personnel dressed in traditional uniform.
• Duration: 2hrs (1hr & 30 min activity &30 min museum visit)
• Maximum no of participants: 100

1. Weaving Art

The ancient art of weaving.  Preparing the strings and making the fabrics of the house.  An interesting process of learning the basic steps.

This program has the following steps:

1. We watch the wool production in a slides presentation
2. We talk about the symbols (designs) on the fabrics
3. We use real weaving looms to practice the whole process

At the end all the guests have a piece of fabric as souvenir.

• The group is accompanied by an English speaking member of our personnel dressed in traditional uniform
• Duration: 2hrs (1hr & 30 min activity &30 min museum visit)
• Maximum no of participants: 20

2. Mosaics

• Niki Lironi, the mosaics’ creator, informs the visitors of this ancient art of mosaics and then they try themselves to create their own sample.
• Duration: 2hrs (1hr & 30 min activity &30 min museum visit)
• Maximum no of participants: 20

3. Cretan & Greek Dances

• A professional teacher of dances will show to the guests the more popular dances of Crete and Greece. At the end our guests have a copy of CD with greek and cretan music.
• The group is accompanied by an English speaking member of our personnel dressed in traditional uniform.
• Duration: 2hrs (1hr & 30 min activity &30 min museum visit)
• Maximum no of participants: 100

4. Guided Tour in the museum

• It is always a must to visit the museum in Arolithos and see the past life of Crete in a very rich exhibition of items of the 19^th & 20^th There are several points of interaction and tasting.
• The group is accompanied by an English speaking member of our personnel dressed in traditional uniform.
• Duration: 2hrs (1hr & 30 min activity &30 min museum visit)
• Maximum no of participants: 100

5. Museum Simple Visit

• It is always a must to visit the museum in Arolithos and see the past life of Crete in a very rich exhibition of items of the 19^th & 20^th Treatment with raki raisins and nuts is included.

• Duration: 1hr & 30 min
• Maximum no of participants: 100

Prices per person

PRICE includes

• Private a/c coach
• Experienced Tour guide
• High skilled woman
• TAXES
• Qualified dancing master for the dancing lessons
• Activity of your request

Price Excludes

• Tips
• Drinks
• Personal Expenses
• Lunch on request

• Special prices apply for groups
• Private groups and semi private groups available
• Please email us for an offer for your group or for further information

reservations@landmarks.gr

• You can also add any of the above activity to your educational program that we tailor make upon your needs