Interesting museum showing different aspects of rural life in the past. The owner certainly had a great vision in building this place.Audioguide didn't add much information, but it was only 1€ to hire.Nice cafe.
It was a very nice Museum. I went there with my family. There are many things to see and learn. The location is not far from the center . Its near star beach water park. It was a nice time there.
We went for the grape pressing etc, costing us 12 Euros each. As experienced by others, this was interesting and we got wine (rough), hot potatoes (good), apple syrup (very nice), fresh figs & cheese pasties (delicious), plus some raki (heh!).There was a background film, which was interesting, and the cretan house was great. However, some of the other displays were tired and need maintaining.All-in-all 10 for effort, 6 for achievement. The place shows that it was built and run on a shoe-string, despite the hefty entrance fee.
Really beautiful park which takes you to a different time and a MUST VISIT as you will learn a lot about traditional cretan culture.I especially liked the little church the school room the winemaking
Such lovely views and so much detail, I loved it there. I learnt loads more about Crete in 90 minutes than I did the rest of my holiday.
"'Lychnostatis "'etnographic museum in Hersonissos is the best etnographic museum in Crete and in Greece also . Museum osnovan mestnim doktorom professorom oftalmologom s druzjami , very informative excursion , very friendly and competentnie gidi english and russian speaking . very interesting event on wednesdays always ; wine ,raki , deserts and seasonal fruits degustations , interesting presentations with films , we will come again in next year .Thank you very much , best regards ,Dr . Valerijs .
A wonderful insight into Cretan culture..A museum with plenty to see and a warm welcome from the staff..Easy to find and a very pleasant few hours reading and trying to get a feel for the "real" Crete..We do tend to read as much as we can..!!!Inexpensive with a small snack bar type restaurant that provides traditional Greek food..Great value for money..Site consists of a small school room ,church , manor house and gardens and even an old type potting shed complete with garden implements..!!!Also a purpose built meeting room which is also used for educational visits.
We loved the audio tour and being able to wander about and find the various areas the audio tour and map suggested to go to next, and the audio tour was clear and had lots of little info nuggets as well as the main thing it was talking about. There was plenty of shade, it was a very hot day, and the cafe at the end made us feel very welcome.Dislikes? I can't think of a single thing.
Very nice museum had the option for a small cost to see a film and have audio narration.Well worth a visit quite a bit to see depending on the way you want your visit to be.You could spend a few hours there as on a Wednesday they were doing grape treading and traditional crafts or if short of time you could have a quick visit we enjoyed our s.
After being thoroughly confused whilst paying (one person swapping with another, and neither knowing that we'd paid) the museum was interesting, with enough english information to get the gist of things. Enjoyed stomping grapes and trying traditional foods, though be aware that there is no air-con throughout the site.