Ancient Gournia Crete
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ANCIENT MINOAN TOWN OF GOURNIA CRETE!
You can spot the Minoan town of Gournia as you travel south east of Aghios Nikolaos northern coast of Crete
Ancient Minoan Gornia Crete Greek archaeological dig site
A fantastic example of Minoan ruins that was excavated by an American archaeologist between 1901 – 1904.
An entire ancient town was discovered at what we now call Gournia
Ancient Minoan Gornia Crete Greek archaeological dig site as seen from the road
Even though the original name of this Minoan town is unknown.
Gournia has been dated to around the middle-late Minoan period of 1700-1400 BC
or how about an archaeological digs site of great importance just a short hop over the Greek border!
Ancient Minoan Gornia Crete Greek archaeological dig site
Above the fantastic archaeological find of Gournia the abandoned Minoan Vilage near Agios Nikolaos north east Crete where it can be clearly seen from the road.
Although on our travels through the Greek villages there were many signposts pointing to Minoan Villas and archaeological sites, most sites hadn’t been constructed yet or were just non existent.
Ancient Minoan Gornia Crete Greek archaeological dig site
We were travelling along a road and had to reverse our car back up the road as we almost missed this fantastic Minoan Villa!
Situated in Sklavokambos it was small but very well preserved!
… and of course it had it’s obligatory shot sign! See other shot signs here!
Photos from around the Minoan Villas and Minoan Villages on Crete, Gournia is very close to Agios Nikolaos with its many tourist attractions including the bottomless lake!
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Ancient Minoan Gornia Crete Greek archaeological dig site
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trekking off the beaten track Kreta walks!
Lake Kournas Crete, the only natural lake on Kreta
enter to see photos of the smokin’ mountains o Crete!
enter to see photos of the manmade lake at Irapetra Crete
enter to read the myth of the lady of the lake Kournas near Georgiopolis Chania Crete