ALDEMAR RESORTS GROUP HONORS THE INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY (CRETE)

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18/05/2022

The hospitality industry is inextricably linked to the monuments, cultural sites and museums of every place. Visitors tend to choose their excursion destinations based on natural attractions as well as museums and archaeological sites.

The Aldemar Resorts Group has hospitality units in two places of unparalleled beauty and importance, Skafidia in Ilia and Hersonissos in the municipality of Heraklion on the island of Crete. Guided by its Values, Aldemar Resorts Group, recognizing the major importance of the role of the museums in each region, promotes and supports these sites and locations.

Museums are a cradle of culture and the Aldemar Resorts Group understands the important role they play in modern society. Museums nowadays become vehicles for cultural exchange, enhancing education, promoting mutual understanding and leading people to cooperation and peace.

The suggestions of the Aldemar Resorts Group for the museums in the:

Heraklion Crete region:

Heraklion Archaeological Museum
In the homonymous capital of the prefecture of Heraklion, Crete, in which Hersonissos region and the Aldemar Resorts Group hotels are located, visitors can find the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, one of the largest and most remarkable museums in Greece and one of the oldest and most important in the whole of Europe. It includes exhibits from all periods of Cretan history and prehistory, with a prominent place for masterpieces from the Minoan period.

Visit the museum’s website for more info.

Museum of Natural History of Crete

In the wonderful city of Heraklion, visitors and natural history enthusiasts can visit a museum they will love while enjoying unique guided tours of the areas and exhibitions. The Natural History Museum includes five sections: Zoological, Botanical, Anthropological, Paleontological – Geological and Mineralogical, with collections from Greece and the Mediterranean.

Visit the museum’s website for more info.

Kazantzakis Museum

In the historical area of Varvara, today’s Myrtia, a few kilometers away from the Group’s hotels, in the central square of Nikos Kazantzakis’ ancestral village, there is a museum of the same name. The Nikos Kazantzakis Museum pays tribute to the great man of the spirit, the writer, thinker, philosopher, politician, voyager. This space highlights the timelessness and universality of Kazantzakis’ thought, offering visitors a fascinating journey through the author’s life, words and reflections.

Visit the museum’s website for more info.