For transfers from the airport or the port or tours around the island there is no better way to see Crete than to go with Lefteris Nikiforakis in his luxury Mercedes taxi and his brand new Mercedes bus and mini-bus for larger groups.

Crete is a big island and Iraklion is a rather large city for an island. Many people look at it and wonder to themselves "Where do I begin and how will I see all there is to see?"

This is where I come in. My name is Lefteris Nikiforakis and my friends from abroad call me 'Lefty' because they say Lefteris is hard to pronounce. Its not that hard really. Leff-Tair-iss. But I like the nickname. It makes me sound like a pitcher on an American baseball team. You can call me whatever you like but I hope when you finish one of my tours you will call me your friend. I have two tours that are designed for people arriving on the cruise ships who have limited time and want to make the most of it. But I can also do custom designed tours and transfers too. I speak fluent English and German and I know about history and the Greek culture and when you leave my island you will be surprised at how much you have seen and have learned no matter how short your visit.

The full day tour starts 9:00 a.m. untill 4.00 p.m. and includes everything on the four hour tour plus:
1.Monastery of Selinari.
2.Agios Nikolaos (Saint Tropez of Crete.)
3.Visit to small traditional villages.

Plus of there are other places you want to visit I can take you there too. If you are of Greek heritage looking to find lost relatives in your ancestral village I can take you there and help you fond them and translate if you speak little or no Greek.

Tour from Chania

With cruise ships now coming to the beautiful town of Chania I am now doing tours from here. The ships usually stay from 7 to 9 hours so I offer a tour from 5 to 6 hours which starts around 08:00am at the boat. Our first stop is to the grave of the Venizelos family where Greece's greatest Prime Minister is buried and there is a panoramic view of the town of Chania. After that we drive to the old town of Chania where our next first stop is in the old central market building which is still being used today. Then we visit the historic Venetian port and see the blue mask, the old Venetian light house, the leather street,  and the knife street. After Chania we drive to Aptera. From Aptera through small country roads we visit  the villages of Stilos, New Xorio, Brises, Georgioupoli, then we arrive to Rethimnon and back. In this tour we see the lifestyle of local Cretan people and the lovely country side. If there is somewhere special (like some of the monasteries or the beach) you want to visit we can go there too.

You can contact me for the tour prices. I also do transfers from the ferries, and airport to hotels or anywhere you would like to go in Crete whether you are starting in Iraklion, Chania, Ag Nikolaos, or Rethymnon. I can take you to the entrance of the Samarian Gorge and meet you later at Paliohora or Hora Sfakion and bring you back to your hotel. I can take you to distant beaches and to tavernas that very few tourists ever go to and I can translate and tell you all about the Cretan diet and customs. I guarantee that a trip with me will be a greater adventure than driving around on a bus with 40 other tourists or struggling with the public bus system. Plus if you find other people to share the cost then I am cheaper than the big tours and much more flexible. I am recommended by Matt Barrett's Greece Travel Guides and I am also recommended by George the Famous Taxi Driver of Athens, the Godfather of pre-arranged taxi tours. And maybe by the time your tour ends I will have taught you how to say my last name: Nikiforakis (Nicky-four-ak-iss). By the way you can click on these photos if you would like to see them larger. Some will inspire you to come to visit our island.

I look foreword to hearing from you.

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Here are some comments from my clients:

Hello Lefteris,
Thank you again for a wonderful tour of Crete.  May 20th, not sure if you will remember but you asked for copies of pictures and I am attaching them to this email.  It was a wonderful trip and we were extremely pleased with the informative tour you provided. The lunch the sweet lady provided was the best lunch we had on our 18 day journey.
Sincerely,
Maryann, Janet, Diane and Kat

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