Athens Crete Island - Minos Labyrinth

📍Attraction Address: Outside the city of Heraklion 🚗Attraction Transportation: Accessible by bus for 1.6 euros 👍️Must-visit Attraction: Knossos Labyrinth 🎟️Ticket Information: 15 euros 💗Other Tips: Visiting the Knossos Labyrinth is a process that evokes mixed feelings. On one hand, the ruins have been restored to reflect the imagination of Evans, the British archaeologist, with its red columns, complete frescoes, and two-story buildings, allowing one to easily witness the grandeur of the past. On the other hand, the sight is filled with cement-joined stone walls, complex staircases, and even a high-ceilinged atrium. The Mediterranean civilization at the time was greatly influenced by Egypt and Mesopotamia. Ancient Egypt had tall palaces, but seemingly no two-story buildings. The ancients did not lack land, and Crete, unlike tropical regions, did not have snakes and insects, so it seemed unnecessary to spend a lot of manpower and resources to build two-story buildings. It feels a bit unreal, more like entering a Disney castle rather than a rigorous archaeological site: what we are actually visiting is Evans' personal bold performance art!