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Heraklion Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Heraklion, Greece
Palace of Knossos & Lasithi Valley
Today we flew across the Aegean Sea from Athens to the island of Crete. We arrived at the airport in Heraklion. We took a bus to the Palace of Knossos, built in 1900 BC, destroyed by an earthquake and rebuilt in 1700 BC. In 1899, Sir ...
Bohemian Rhapsody Bus Rides
... we spent 7 days with the first few days spent exploring and the last few spent drinking too much. Most of the islands of Greece have a connection to a Greek mythology whether it be a Greek God or a Greek Legend. Crete is no different with the Minoan ...
Made it to Creti in one piece....
Made it, in one piece. Bravo! Our hotel was well placed and well comfortable - so to speak. On the fifth floor, it was the last but one to over look the harbour and a short climb to the bistro upstairs. Easily the best appointed place on tour thus far. ...
The best of Crete
Because we'd been sick, I hadn’t had the time or energy to organize how we would get from Crete to Santorini & on to Bodrum in Turkey, so we had a travel agent do all the bookings. If we had been here just a couple of weeks earlier, there were ...
In Touch with Titus - the Apostle
... nbsp; Imagination Transforms When I arrived in Heraklion Crete I thought it was to see Knossos - a Minoan village dating to 1700BCE...with evidence of Neolithic inhabitation from ...
Heraklion (Greece)
... haven't written much for a while, leaving this stuff up to my better half.(see above) Today we were in Heraklion in Crete. But after a busy day in Athens (Greece) the day before, it was time for a rest. Today we awoke, took some pics around the ...
Irakleio
... destination. To my surprise this huge landmass with green, lush, rolling hills greeted me. Crete is the largest island in Greece, probably around 200 miles long given that it takes about 6 hours to get from one end to the other on the winding ...
Arrival in Heraklio, capital of Crete
I arrived in Heraklion after at damned long stop in Athens (5 hours stop before catching the connecting flight to Heraklion, which lasts only 45 minutes!), at night, and was welcome buy my girlfriend, who lives there a the moment. We took a cab to the ...
Ancient Ruins in Crete
... been wanting to visit during my time here in Greece. My journey began with a ten hour ferry ride from Peiraeus to Heraklion (Athens to Crete). Apparently there was some confusion about our tickets and we were supposed to have cabins but ended up having ...
Heading for Crete - Bubbbbye Santorini :(
The ferry ride was rather uneventful - this after the rabid rush to the ferry. Found Becca and Katie right before the ferry arrived. The day in Santorini started out overcast (uncharacteristically so) and that weather followed us all the way ...
The Minotaur of Knossos
First up was the Archaeological Museum. It was very interesting and had an ethnographic display of Cretan life. The Historical Museum of Crete was next but alas it closed for renovations. This meant that I was unable to see the Dolphin ...
Heraklio: ready for departure
Back home at Dom's place, it was time to pack up and prepare to leave the next morning very early. Remi and Elo went back to Elounda. Olivier (a french guy working with Dom) told us he was ok to drive me the next day to the airport, meeting was made at 6 ...
Chania to Heraklion
5th May Chania to Iraklio (Heraklion) Windy, rain at times 16 degrees After breakfast we caught a taxi to the main bus station to catch the bus to Iraklio. We were a little apprehensive but soon we were called to board a luxury coach. It also ...
Driving in Crete: get used to it!!
Yeehaa! we've got a car, not a big one, maybe the smallest on earth, but it will do... We fit ourselves into this white Seicento, my girlfriend, local and used to the way of driving here (and that is definitely not natural, even in France we don't drive ...
Puppy Break
Alright, a quick detour to take time out for an update of our four-legged friends. For those of you who may have read the comment from Maximus the Puppy, he is the proud owner of a new human couple, Steve and Dana, friends of ours who live in New ...
Arrival in Crete and Knossos Palace
... credit union? So we get our car, put our bags in it, and walk around the capitol city of Crete, Heraklion. Of course there are 3-4 spellings for every city in Greece, but these are the most common spellings. Even the buses from ...
Cruisin' in Crete
... Heraklion's old harbour, with its seawall and fortress, and we took in the gorgeous sunset. For dinner, we wandered into Heraklion's busy, historic city center, where there were outdoor cafes and shops for tourists galore. We sat, we ate, and ...
Heraklion and Minoan Knossos
... have places in our great room at home. They all look fantastic. We spend the afternoon back at the Museum in Heraklion where the real Snake Goddess is, the frescoes are upstairs and quite spread out, but I spend most of my time ...
Crete Day 1
... mind that we pissed off half of the people on the boat with our loud deck party. Oh well, we had a great time. We landed in Heraklion, Crete around 5:30am, I think, but we didn't wake up and get off the boat until around 6am. Going on less than an hour of ...
Last day in Santorini
This morning we rented a car and drove around the island. We started in the very southwest and saw the ruins of Akrotiri. It is a town that was buried in volcanic ash from one of the largest volcanic eruptions known. The oldest part of the city dates ...
Crete - An aMaze-ing place!
Today we are in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. It can also be spelled Iraklion. Again, it is not one of the most beautiful ports. The port provides a shuttle bus to the terminal building which is then a short walk to downtown old Iraklion. The most popular ...
Easter Eve in Heraklion
... demise of my careful itinerary. Should we rent a car and change around our activities? Try to accomplish our Heraklion objectives in a foreshortened period of time? The troops wanted to forge ahead. Impressed with their bravery in ...
First Impressions of Heraklion
... and was being transferred to my hotel the city is massive. I've now been here for about 15 hours and I am seriously ready to leave. Heraklion is a massive dirty filthy city that I can find nothing in it to like. Oh, except for a Taverna I found last night ...