Imagine your ideal vacation. Greece’s largest and most southern European island, in which more deserves an honorary position. It is located at the crossroads of three continents – Europe, Africa and Asia, and thousands of years ago, a meeting point of cultures of East and West.
Here came the first great European civilization, whose disappearance caused by volcanic eruptions from nearby Santorini many associated with the mythical Atlantis.Minoan civilization was surprisingly advanced and developed for that time (2700 – 1500 years before Christ), which is confirmed by the remains of the ancient city of Knossos.
At this point it found the famous labyrinth in which, according to legend, lived the Minotaur, the bull being the head and body of man. Every year the Athenians had to offer sacrifices to him – by 7 boys and girls. After 3 years, Athenian hero Theseus decided to put an end to it and kill the monster. In this he was helped Ariadne, daughter of Cretan king Minos, who got the idea to him that the bobbin through whom he managed to escape from the labyrinth.