After Picking-Up all the participants we will arrive at Elounda Village port which we will board into the boat to sail to Spinalonga, the last leper colony in Europe, located in Elounda from where we take the boat for Spinalonga island. Originally, Venetians fortified the islet in 1579, by building a fortress with 40 cannons and they are the best-preserved walls in Europe. It used to be a leper colony from 1903 until 1957, where lepers could have a better life, medical help, and economic support. The ruins of the market street with the shops, the hospital, and many small houses in which lepers lived isolated, can be explored individually.

Leaving Spinalonga Island we have free time to explore the unique Elounda village or go swimming in the crystal clear waters of Elounda Bay.

We will visit Ag. Nikolaos, a town with 14.000 inhabitants is built on the side of the Gulf of Mirabello. In the center of Agios Nikolaos is the lake Voulismeni, probably created by an earthquake. There, we can have a coffee break or a walk around the lake, which gives you a great view from above, over the center and the harbor of Agios Nikolaos. Next to the lovely harbor are shady tree-lined streets filled with shops that allow you to do some “serious shopping”.

Short visit at an olive factory in Malia , tasting the famous Cretan olive oil.