5.0 · 23 reviews
Kathy_F
February 2024
Kostas was an amazing guide and driver extremely knowledgeable and professional. We loved our stops with the Zeus Caves being our favorite. Kostas had special treats and shared experiences throughout our tour. We highly recommend Kostas.
nasreenm2024
January 2024
Kostas was such fun tour guide! Make sure to bring your sense of humor. He is also so caring & thoughtful. He goes out of his way to make sure that you get the most experience in your tour. He has connections with the locals & make things happen. We’re so bummed to find that the Olive factory was closing for the day, Kostas used his charm & persuaded them to give us the tour & he performed his ‘how to drink Olive the right way’ performance for us😆 He’s also very organized, he came prepared with packaged of snacks that he treated us with at each stops. Each of those snacks represented authentic Greek foods & some of them were prepared by his mom & crops from their own farm…how thoughtful! We had three young adults & two adults but I think any age group would have a great time with Kostas.
chrisbQ3894RE
January 2024
An absolutely brilliant tour with Kostas! If you want a trip anywhere in Crete, I couldn’t recommend him highly enough. Kostas sorted a fantastic itinerary - based exactly on the sort of tour we wanted. This included some great historical sites, a boat trip, and the best off-the-beaten-track coastal village for lunch and a swim you could ever imagine 👌 He’s exceptionally knowledgable about all things Crete and ancient history too (if you want him to be!) Clearly knows the island inside out. Really great full day out for us and for the kids. Kostas’s vehicle is superb -absolutely top-end and really comfortable with loads of room. Great communication beforehand - we booked at really short notice when we were already in Crete - but he sorted everything very quickly and very easily. Tailors everything to what you want. Top stuff 👍👍
tzaman09
January 2024
The best tour I had while in Greece. Kostas is by far the best tour guide I've ever had. Family was able to see different sites of East Crete. Car used for this was the most comfortable for our family. At each stop he gave us homemade food including his own families honey, which was amazing!!!! Kostas made the trip very informative and was able to make it very enjoyable with his jokes! Learned a lot of the history of Crete and Greece. Took us to authentic Greek restaurant and helped our family order food with dietary requirements. If go to Crete highly recommend this tour and ask for Kostas!
James_P
November 2023
Great tour guide in the Heraklion area- knowledgeable personable, fun, energetic and responsive. Pretty day for our early September tour of the area and Kostas suggested touring the Leper colony first- great suggestion because we were able to beat most of the crowds and enjoy the boat ride over and the walk around the island which makes up the Leper colony before the noon sun. Loved it. Kostas provided good background on the history of the colony so that we could appreciate the site. We especially wanted to tour the Cave of Zeus (which closes earlier in the day starting in September than in the summer months) so Kostas suggested a quick drive through the pretty but more travelled lake area since we decided to pass on the shopping. We stopped for a few scenic observation point pictures and then headed to Cave of Zeus. Moderately challenging walk up and many stairs down, but really enjoyed seeing it. A very special treat was the late lunch location that Kostas picked at a family run restaurant in the mountains near the Cave— incredible grilled lamb, BBQ goat, oven roasted potatoes, wild greens (amaranth), fava spread, cheese stuffed zucchini blossoms— all wonderful! Enjoyed with some very pleasing Cretan red and white wines. Kostas then explained to us the Cretan tradition that restaurants offer complimentary dessert and a shot of raki after lunch. The raki is often house distilled and is a potent alcohol that takes some getting used to, but the tradition grew on us as we traveled through Crete. Kostas toured us in a luxurious Mercedes van with captain chairs facing a table and provided many local Cretan specialties for us during the day including partireis, honey coated dough, cookies, healing local herbs for teas (along with the very interesting stories of the tradition of their use) and locally gathered honey along with background of bee keeping on the island of Crete and the healing use of homey. The honey had an incredible flavor and Kostas shared samples of all these goodies with us. A native of Crete, Kostas enhanced our trip with the historical and cultural background that he provided. Truly delightful. All of our group was wowed by his knowledge and his fun-loving approach to showing us Crete. We would definitely tour with him again
seilerrodney
October 2023
Excellent Private tour in a new, clean Mercedes mini bus to Zeus’s cave, several quaint villages, Spinaloga Island (former leper colony) and more. Our wonderful guide, Kostas, was great!! We had a scrumptious lunch at a family run eatery with an incredible view and also sampled many traditional homemade treats and delicacies. At least moderate uphill walking is required to visit the cave of Zeus but you can also just sit at a local cafe should you choose. This is a very unique, one of a kind tour of lesser known but fantastic sites and scenery and a highlight of our stay in Crete! Thank you Kostas for showing us traditional Crete!!
Eric_A
October 2023
We had a great time with Kostas. He had a large and very nice Mercedes sprinter van. He was very knowledgeable and will customize your trip. One of the best things is that at every stop, he gives you homemade treats that his mother made. Would HIGHLY Recommend!
Jennifer_J
September 2023
Angie was a wonderful tour guide and driver. She took us all over to the just right spots on Crete. We has such a great day!
Teah_L
September 2023
Kostos conducted our tour. We were blown away by the whole day. He pampered us and catered to our every need. He tailored the tour to whatever our hearts desired. The vehicle was basically a limousine van with the most beautiful interior. It was like sightseeing from a luxury cafe. He had water and snacks galore. All homemade by his mother. He also gave us honey from his Fathers retirement hobby hives. He even invited us to come visit his family next trip. I cannot stress enough how this tour was the highlight of our 2 week Greek adventure. Definitely book it!
mburke594
August 2023
Christos is an amazing guide. He is so knowledgeable and shared many non tourist food and lots of history with us.
JUAN_P
August 2023
Outstanding service going beyond any expectations, I strongly recommend this tour and transfer service.
Hope_B
July 2023
My family group of eight booked with Kostas and had an amazing tour of Crete! During our cruise, we booked six different private tours, and the whole family agreed that Kostas was our favorite. He was extremely friendly, and we enjoyed hearing all of his stories about the island. One of our favorite places we ate on the entire trip was going to a non-tourist neighborhood restaurant that he recommended, which was delicious! The kids on our trip also loved Kostas, and still talk about the tour to this day. I couldn't recommend this one higher!!!
Melanie_H
June 2023
Wow! We had such a great time with our guide Angie! She was easy to communicate with and find after we got off our ship. She took us to everywhere we asked to go, even though we changed our minds a couple of times. She was so flexible and accommodating! We saw the leaper colony, drove up to Zeus’ cave (didn’t go in, but the drive was gorgeous!), the Knossos Palace, and even the famous windmills. It was a lot of driving (Crete is quite large!), but we didn’t mind the scenery. She also told us lots of stories about the places we were seeing and Crete life in general. We got stuck in line at Knossos Palace, so her business partner came and escorted us to the entrance with prepaid tickets (we just paid them back, and that was so helpful as we were so short on time)! She made sure we tried some original Greek food at a brief lunch stop, and then gave us goodies to carry back with us. We had so much fun with her that we hugged her bye when we left. Highly recommend!!! FYI, she cannot go into the sites with you, but she will tell you what you need to know and will keep in communication with you all on your journey.
I2445SJlisas
June 2023
We had a wonderful day with Kostas in Crete. He was very responsive & planned our day to include the eastern side of Crete since we were on a cruise stop in Heraklion. We wanted to see Knossos & enjoy some of the countryside & he made it happen. The weather wasn't the best, but we still enjoyed the views & stops & some special treats that he provided. He took us to a restaurant where we could enjoy a traditional local meal & it was amazing! Fun day!
btnewman
June 2023
Kostas was excellent! Quite a character to make things interesting! We opted for an off the grid interior tour of Crete to stay away from the crowds. A real taste of Crete. Great van with plenty of room as well. Very accommodating with a few surprises here and there!
Michael_J
May 2023
Costos arranged a tour with replacement ideas and coming up with flex schedule since our tour fell on May Day and planned strikes shut down some of the normal stops of the tour. It turned out to be one of our favorite tours of the trip. It was relaxed and we had great stops taking in authentic Greek (Cretian) experiences. Highly recommend his company!!
militsa_p
November 2022
Fantastic trip Well planned through out Our driver Kostas was great. Even bringing us cakes and goodies to try Excellent driver too We overran a little but Kostas was completely chilled about that The transport was very comfortable and luxurious 10 of us were very comfortable Totally recommend this tour
Geoffrey_B
September 2022
This trip was from the cruise terminal in Heraklion (though this is not a collection point on the app). Our tour was hosted by Kostas who arrived in his Mercedes minibus which is the height of luxury. He tailored the day to suit our personal choices including Spinalonga and mountain tours. Treated all day with snacks from his family farm and his mother's cooking we had the best of days.
ksz8xbzggf
June 2022
You won’t regret booking this tour with Kostas. He is so attentive, caring and knowledgeable whilst also letting you enjoy your holiday in peace. He treated us to many local delicacies, explaining the local history of the island whilst the time did not concern him! We missed the last boat to Spinalonga because he kindly took us to a beautiful spot to swim but managed to somehow get another boat to take us! He is utterly magical and you will never regret booking this luxurious tour with him. We wish him all the very very best for the future.
Sarahlee1984
May 2022
We had a tour on 24/05/2022 stopping off at Knossos Palace, Platanus Tree in Krasi, Zeus's Cave, the Windmills in the Lasithi Plateau, and finished off with a visit to Spinalonga. Kostos was an absolute gentleman with a wealth of knowledge about all the locations. Throughout the tour we were provided with local treats, the van we travelled in was immaculate and super comfortable. Before we went to any sites we were told important information and the options available to us. we were also allowed to customise what we did. We also need to commend Kostos on being so accommodating when we left Spinalonga on the wrong boat that took us to the next town instead of the small village we departed from. Once we told him what was happening he very kindly told us it was not an issue and came to find us. We don't think he's ever had a group do this but took it with such good humour and we could see him on the shore making his way to where we were due to land. We can't recommend the tour enough and it's well worth it!

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