Crete Tours and Trips

Another fab walking holiday with Explore. Pan our guide was very knowledgeable, had great people skills and not one to immediately move off when I caught up. I was confident all the time he would keep us safe. My only small gripe is, despite having paid a single supplement , there was a tendency for the hotels to give the better rooms to the couples.

Very enjoyable walking holiday in Crete with a really excellent guide who is very knowledgeable about walking and the regions of Crete we visited and is always enthusiastic and encouraging. This was also a great group of people on the trip who all got on well and we encouraged one another. The circuit going south from Heraklion and then west and ending in Chania worked well with ascending walks, a descending walk, a 'cliff' walk ending in a town walk (Chania) was a great mix. We encountered large crowds on the descending walk (Imbros gorge). We won't forget the very wet early morning boat ride to reach the starting point of the walk up San Irini gorge and also the skill of the boat captain! We received great receptions in the hotels visited especially in the small hotels along the the south Crete coast.

A Really good trip. Weather was bad at the start of the trip and we missed one of the walks. Itinerary had to be changed around our Guide Smaro was great and looked after everyone. Crete was amazing and food was piled high, A salad could be a main meal at the size of it. A great Holiday with a good group.

An amazing week! Pan was a brilliant leader, he made it fun and looked after us really well. Lovely hotels, enjoyable walking in stunning places in a very unspoilt part of Crete. Fantastic food and opportunities to relax and to swim in the sea. I would recommend this holiday.

A brilliant holiday if you like being active. The scenery is superb, rocky gorges and peaks that are breathtaking, and the vegetation varied between evergreen trees in more mountainous spots, to low thorny shrubs and thyme on exposed sunny slopes. The sound of goat bells and the scent of the herbs make it a multi-sensory experience. Our wonderful guide Smaro was always careful to make sure everyone in the group was happy, and looked after us well. She is such a warm, happy person, loved by everyone we met.

This tour gave me countless unforgettable memories, but the most special moment for me was the sunrise hot air balloon ride over Cappadocia. Floating above those unique valleys felt like a dream. Since returning to the U.S., I’ve recommended this tour to everyone I know. Huge thanks to Eskapas for their effort and warm smiles throughout, ensuring everything ran smoothly.