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Travel Blogs from Crete
Tourists in Heraklion
... disappointed if there was nothing to see!!! Heraklion is good fun for a day but I wouldn't spend more than a day. You can cover most of it by walking around it. If the museum was open I guess you could spend all day in there! My mum would have definitely done ...
Rethymnon & Phaestos
... Mum has been looking forward to this moment since the day I told her we were taking her to Crete. And in fact it was an amazing site to see, filled with history and mystery all around. It looks like they are still digging and exposing more ruins by the side of what can already be seen. They say this site is second only to Phaestos. and you can see why! Definitely take the time to see Phaestos if you're in the area; you won't be ...
Coastal Road to Panormo
Woke up this morning to a beautiful view over the marina at Heraklion, and get set to pick up our hire car and head up to the Royal Blue Resort & Spa which is about 10km from Rethymon (55km from Heraklion) on the north coast of the island. The hotel was a present to Steph's mum for her 60th which was back in June, so I decided to hire a posh car to help us get around and enable Daniela to indulge herself in ...
Arrived in Heraklion
... wear my sit belt Mr driver), the driver decided that the best way to sort the issue was to repeatedly smash the part of the car from where the noise was coming from, with his wrist. It worked. Our Hotel is conveniently located opposite the harbour and we can even see our boat from the balcony. They don't sail on Saturday therefore we have to wait until the following morning to reach Santorini. I can't ...
Best breakfast and a beautiful palace in Crete
... ship’s movement. That must be why I get so sick, but I couldn't stop. Alan, who served on a submarine for years, tried to demonstrate proper ship posture, but I couldn't do it.
Breakfast; however, was amazing; eggs, pancakes, oatmeal, fruit, all varieties of jams and Cretian thyme honey and cheeses with rusk (a hard, dark bread), all kinds of cakes and pastries, semolina halvah, rice pudding, sage tea, yum, yum, yum!
We invested ...