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Crete Slideshow
Top Hotels in Crete
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Creta Maris Beach Resort Hersonissos
38 reviews -
Capsis Elite Resort Agia Pelagia
62 reviews -
Louis Creta Princess Beach Hotel Chania
229 reviews
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Imperial Belvedere Hersonissos
136 reviews -
Elounda Bay Palace
136 reviews
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Aquis Silva Beach Hersonissos
428 reviews
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Cactus Beach Stalís
150 reviews
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Aldemar Knossos Royal Hersonissos
316 reviews
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Aquila Rithymna Beach Hotel Adelianos Kambos
393 reviews
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Elounda Beach Hotel
101 reviews
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Aquis Vasia Beach Hotel Sissi
499 reviews
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Albatros Spa & Resort Hotel Hersonissos
171 reviews
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Agapi Beach Hotel Heraklion
91 reviews
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Royal Belvedere Hersonissos
240 reviews
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Sea Side Resort & Spa Agia Pelagia
288 reviews
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Aquila Porto Rethymno Hotel Rethymnon
243 reviews
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Annabelle Village Hersonissos
192 reviews
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Sirios Village Kato Daratso
39 reviews
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Grecotel Creta Palace Rethymnon
110 reviews
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Marina Hotel Gouves
32 reviews
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Cretan Malia Park
69 reviews
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Coral Hotel Agios Nikolaos
121 reviews
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Grecotel El Greco Platanés
171 reviews
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Aquila Atlantis Hotel Heraklion
39 reviews
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Santa Marina Beach Hotel Agia Marina
59 reviews
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Theartemis Palace Hotel Rethymnon
161 reviews
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Galaxy Hotel Iraklio Heraklion
369 reviews
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Elounda Blu
256 reviews
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Aquila Elounda Village Agios Nikolaos
299 reviews
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Hersonissos Palace Hotel
194 reviews
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Santa Marina Beach Hotel Amoudara
45 reviews
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Candia Maris Resort & Spa Crete Heraklion
212 reviews
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Aquis Zorbas Village Hersonissos
406 reviews
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Star Beach Village Hersonissos
102 reviews
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Hotel Rethymnon Mare Skaleta
94 reviews
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King Minos Palace Hotel Hersonissos
185 reviews
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Grecotel Creta Palace Hotel Rethymnon
110 reviews
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Kosta Mare Palace Hotel Hersonissos
84 reviews
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Petra Mare Ierapetra
205 reviews
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Village Panorama Hotel Agia Pelagia
349 reviews
Crete
Travel Blogs from Crete, Greece
Aegean Sea Islands, part I: Crete
This is a top pick! ... a distance, the towns of the island looked like sea gull guano dripping from the sides of the caldera, but soon the blue-domed churches and white-washed buildings became more clear and Crete was a memory still enshrouded in ...
Securing a fishwife
This is a top pick! Kefalonia 2000 I virtually crawled away from the plane after the worst landing in recorded history. I swera the pilot touched the water, after descending through low cloud, before pulling the plane up sharply and coming at the runway from the opposite ...
The Battle of Crete in heavenly Hania
This is a top pick! ... 14,000 Cretan defenders. Many of these Commonwealth troops had been withdrawn from a valiant but failed defence of mainland Greece, whilst others were hastily rushed from the Egyptian front shortly before the May 20 invasion. Apparently the Cretans had ...
Rossos in Knossos
This is a top pick! ... of an emergency! After a refreshing sleep in a mercifully quiet room I was ready to face Iraklio, the capital of Crete, which is Greece's largest island. The centre of town is pretty modern and pleasant, fenced in by large walls on a couple of ...
Camping
This is a top pick! (C) THOUGHT OF THE DAY - I really do hate the Brits and no wonder the hippies liked it here. We found Agio Galini and the campground "No Problem," with thankfully, no problem. An hour or so from Iraklion we are on the south coast facing Libya across ...
Heraklion
This is a top pick! ... Hania, with its colorful harbor and lighthouse surrounded by mountains and sea, we traveled to small Paleohora on the southwestern corner of Crete. For three days, we stayed at the Third Eye, a restaurant with rooms in the back. The cuisine ...
Knossos
This is a top pick! One of Rick's history topics at high school was the Greek island of Crete which was part of the reason we decided to head out that way. He was very excited to have the opportunity to actually visit a place he had studied, Knossos Palace. Knossos was ...
Lazy Sitia
This is a top pick! ... of Crete. In actual fact it was the best move we could have made. It gave us the opportunity to experience the real Greece we had been seeking. The drive itself took us along the cliff edge for most of the two hour journey, with constant glimpses of ...
Back to civilization - Crete style
This is a top pick! ... I found in the grocery store parking lot - sigh) and Chania has cheap internet cafes and decent food (but is it really bad anywhere in Greece????) To top it off, it's a great base for the BEST beach ever. Oh, and we fly out of here to meet Karl in ...
Gortyn Law Code
This is a top pick! We are greeted as we step off the bus by the sound off bleating sheep. There are more sheep in Greece than there are people. Gortyna was the capital of the Roman province of Crete and Libya (can you believe how close to Africa we are?!?), so it was an ...
Olives for Breakfast
This is a top pick! The hotel in Heraklion offered a huge free breakfast each morning, with scrambled eggs, hard boiled eggs, five kinds of bread, two kinds of cheese, three kinds of cold cut meats, etc. I was tickled by their offering two different kinds of olives for our ...
The Heraklion Museum
This is a top pick! ... colors remain. That this painted design has survived with so much clarity and depth of color is astounding, and it holds keys to our knowledge about religion in ancient Crete. Makes me want to go pee on a pile of rocks and see what I can ...
Just Me and the Waiter
This is a top pick! It was time to check into the hotel when we returned from the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, and then we had free time for the rest of the night. I took a fabulous nap. When I woke up, I found an open taverna nearby. It was completely empty at 6PM ...
Oh THAT Titos
This is a top pick! ... on the grounds of the ancient Gortyn site, we toured St. Titos Cathedral. Indy told us that Titos was made bishop of Crete by St. Paul, and the church was built from stone blocks in the Roman period from a more ancient polytheist building. I asked, ...
The Road to Chania
This is a top pick! ... it here. But the memory was bittersweet, as it made me miss him. I haven't talked to him since we left on the Crete excursion. He would have enjoyed this trip. The bus driver started chuckling, and I noticed there was a convertible in front of us. ...
Girls Lunch
This is a top pick! ... about how glad she was to have been encouraged to study abroad. Blink Blink said she had always felt a special call to Greece, and then this opportunity came along that fit perfectly with her communication major. We all started crying, moved to ...
Leaving Chania Harbor
This is a top pick! I am at a loss for words to describe the exhilaration of the boat ride. The harbor was beautiful as we pulled away and rounded the lighthouse. We passed a rocky outcropping where a special herd of endangered goats were the only ones inhabiting the ...
THE "perfect beach"
This is a top pick! ... still raining and not looking good for beachgoing. We climbed in the car nonetheless and started the drive over the huge mountains of Crete. Seriously, they are big. Anyway, we took the advice of our German friends from Agia Galini and took a road that ...
Snorkeling
This is a top pick! The wind caressed our faces as the boat chugged out into the Bay of Crete. Our first stop was the site of an underwater German plane that crashed during World War II. The students put on snorkel gear and swam out to look at the wreckage. When they came ...
No Such Thing as Too Much Greek Food
This is a top pick! ... 're so intensely sweet you can only eat a little spoonful. But oh so good. The students also tried raki, a specialty of Crete. Raki is an alcoholic aperitif made from the second pressing of grapes after winemaking. It is clear and served in little ...
Mugging at Tylissos
This is a top pick! We got some great pictures at Tylissos. Archaeologists reconstructed the frame for a three-paned window in the villa, and the students enjoyed posing in it. Then we found an ancient round cistern. Although really it was built as a storage vat, it ...
Troglodytes and hippies
This is a top pick! (C) (S) Ahhh....our first beach in Crete. Very nice waves to ride, and unlike North Carolina I am not nearly swept out to sea to my death. The caves in the rock above the beach are a bit unnerving, especially with the knowledge they were Roman tombs. ...
The "almost perfect" beach
This is a top pick! (C) (S) The search for the perfect Creten beach continues. This one ranks high. For the wonderful water, sand, beautiful rocks, and perfect solitude. We do little else besides eat our picnic lunch, read books, and ...
The road north
This is a top pick! (C) We had to stop for water at the venetian fountains in Spili. Supposed to cure old age. Sara filled up several bottles for me. (S) This fountain of youth crap doesn't seem to be working. Chad still acting like old ...
The Minoan Disneyland
This is a top pick! ... with limestone and finally plastered over. The wood was important because its flexibility allowed the buildings to survive earthquakes. Greece is located in a dangerous earthquake zone (there was a destructive earthquake in 1999, and a medium-sized one ...
Long hike to a short beach
This is a top pick! ... . Unfortunately, the rain continues to follow us wherever we go in Europe. Even Crete. Where it never rains. Didn't they say the same thing about Santorini? Anyway, Preveli is one of Crete's most famous beaches and we enjoyed it, rain, long walk, and ...
ELIMINATE THE OIKOYENEIA
This is a top pick! ... , and we will stop exploiting the less fortunate. The world will care for us, and we for the world. ... More on all this, and more on Greece to come ... - peace, Modern Oddyseus Much thanks to friend Costas for the place to sleep in ...
New Species Found!
This is a top pick! The overnight ferry to Iraklion in Crete wasn't too bad sleep-wise, after we'd moved away from the yelling kids, as we managed to score a row of four seats each. With the armrests up we practically had a bed. The only thing keeping people awake were the ...
Crete
This is a top pick! ... Brit version of Daytona beach. It is so overrun by British tourists between 18 and 25 that you forget that you are in Greece. On the way to the beach, we saw clubs, British pubs, restaurants, arcades, shops, newstands and ATVs all geared ...