Full Day tour Rethymnon Chania Lake Kournas

Explore Rethymnon, Chania, and Lake Kournas in a full-day tour. Discover Ottoman and Venetian history, stunning architecture, and Crete’s unique freshwater lake.

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Rethymnon - We will arrive in the city of Rethymno 1 hour 30 minutes after our pick up.
  • Rethymnon Old Town - This excursion takes you to the west side of the island. It includes a visit to the towns of Rethymnon and Chania, as well as to the well–known Lake of Kournas. Going west on the northern axis of Crete, first, we will pass the Ida range that includes the highest mountain of Crete, Psiloritis (2453m high), then our tour will take us to the beautiful town of Rethymno.

A graphic Cretan town, so characteristic and unique, that nothing similar is met anywhere else on the island of Crete. We will have time to relax at the beautiful scenery at the old port of Rethymnon. We will have time to relax at the beautiful scenery at the old port of Rethymnon.

  • Chania Town - Our next stop after 1 one-hour route Chania is the capital city of the prefecture of Chania, which comes second in size on the island and is the sixth biggest city in Greece having approximately 65.000 residents. Its Venetian walls and harbor, narrow streets, and old buildings from the Venetian and Turkish periods are mostly intact and take you directly to the past. The old harbor, where the small fishing boats can moor, is a perfect place to enjoy a coffee and observe the liveliness of the city. Here you can see the cross–shaped closed Marketplace and the leather – Market Street.
  • Lake Kournas - The next stop and last is the lake of Kournas, the only natural sweet water Lake close to Chania, where you will have your lunch. For those who want, there is a possibility to make a tour of the lake on pedals, or just walk around the lake and swim before we take the way back to Heraklion (2 hours)
What's Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

The first stop is the town of Rethimno. Here, archeological monuments of the Ottoman and Venetian eras co-exist. Enjoy a stroll in the alleys of the old town, a visit to the Turkish minarets and the Venetian fortresses, or a coffee at the magnificent harbor The next stop is Chania town. The Old City is one of the most beautiful cities in the Mediterranean and is called “Venice of the East”. You can find Turkish minarets and mosques, Muslim neighborhoods, Venetian fortresses, dockyards, fountains, squares, arches, mansions, Loggia and the Lighthouse.

The last stop of the day is Kournas lake, a beautiful habitat with natural freshwater, one of a kind in Crete.

  • Total duration includes the travel time.
Location
Rethymnon
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Conallh2021
Jul 22, 2024
Orange Travel - Full day trip to Rethymno, Chania and Lake Kournas - Crete - The full day trip to Rethymno, Chania and Lake Kournas was very interesting and the views on route were amazing. The tour guide, Maria was very informative on the history of each location visited. She was very welcoming and spoke several European languages with ease.
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Daiaed
Jul 10, 2024
Best experience - The guide was excellent ( she is fluent speaking English, French , German and polish => big points for her) the bus is clean and well organised. All was perfect maybe a suggestion we need more time to spend in Réthymnon.^^ I do highly recommend. Big thanks to all the team.
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Budy
Jul 5, 2024
Beautiful - Very nice experience, beautiful people, beautiful stuff very serious and kind especially Miss Maria. Surely if we come back to Crete, we would take their services.
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Karolinajf871hw
Jul 4, 2024
Excellent day trip! - Great all day trip with Orange Travel! We travelled in a air conditioned coach with WiFi. We had 3x tour guides covering English, Polish, Chech and French. Our Greek Tour leader Maria was great! Funny, truthful about sights and passed on really good vibes onto us. We've learnt a lot. We had enough time in each place to relax, get all the photos we wanted, use the toilet etc. You can hire waterbikes at the Kournas Lake but I recommend haggling for less time at lower price as realistically you would need the whole hour to get to other side of lake (stop is 50 min). We didn't see any turtles as there were so many people! Nice surprise was a packed lunch we got from Orange Travel :)
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Amparo
Jun 26, 2024
Recommend! - Really good experience, amazing places and Maria, the guide, was very helpful and informative, also with really good vibes .
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Sonia
Jun 19, 2024
Beauty, discovery and good humor - A day full of wonderful discoveries accompanied by a caring, cultured guide who takes the time to provide the necessary information to everyone in their own language. The program is dense, 3 destinations in one day but in the end, the free time for each destination is comfortable. The excursion allows you to benefit from the best visiting advice but also to avoid taking the car to drive several hours in a country that you do not know ☺️ A shuttle transported us from the entrance of our hotel to bus for the day, everything was done to make our lives easier. We can only recommend ☺️
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Sasha
Jun 8, 2024
Superb. Worth every penny - Booked this trip through Get Your Guide and it really was great. The pick up was early and we had to make our way from our hotel however once we were on the coach, the travel was more than fine and even had usb ports to charge phones on board. The first stop was Rethymno which we arrived at pretty early and managed to get some food at Cul De Sac, which was phenomenal. We then walked around the town and along the harbour which was hardly crowded and so pleasant. The guide advised us what time to be back at the coach and we then moved on to Chania. The guide was informative and clear with instructions, allowing us free time to then explore by ourselves the towns. Chania was by far my favourite, with its cute market stalls, oldie buildings and vast choices of restaurants. The harbour was stunning and really gave me a Game of Thrones vibe. From there we met back up and went to Lake Kournas. This was again, very scenic, surrounded by a lot of rural land and animals including chicken and geese, though the smell here was very strong of sewage. Highly recommend this tour, worth every penny. Things to remember are plenty of water, you do not get fed at all so make sure you leave time to eat when in the towns, ensure you wear sun cream as some areas there is little shade and bring swim stuff for the lake!
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Ghodsiehi
Jun 5, 2024
Birthday Excursion - I had a full day trip from Heraklion to Rethyno, Chania followed by Kurnas Lake! That was an amazing day on my Birthday, which made it especial with the accompany of the tour guids, Maria and Magdalena! They are very nice and cool and you will definitely have a lot if fun ☺️ Highly recommend to take this excursion and enjoy visiting unique places with a comprehensive guide.
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