Hotel Nikis Hersonissos
12, 25th Martiou Hersonissos, Crete, 700 14, Greece
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Foto-Safari & Sea Shanties
We spent the morning strolling thru Heraklion. The tourist season is mainly over here as well. Also, it was Sunday so not many shops were open. We saw a lot of well dressed locals, probably all returning from church.
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We had lunch on deck and as usual watched the guys set the sails. At 3pm ...
Ancient Ruins in Crete
... to eat and stay out of the rain, which fell both days of our trip on and off. On Sunday we stopped at Matala, a city on the southern side of Crete almost directly opposite Heraklion. We had some free time to explore the city and found the old roman cemetery. This consisted of a series of caves carved into the white limestone where people lived and where, later on, the dead were placed. While exploring the caves the clouds once ...
Sleeping with a goat
We checked out Rethymnont today which was a nice stop. Tons of shops and restaurants and we had a nice meal at Melody restaurant. At the hotel, I was called reception asking for feather pillows. She said they had a pillow menu and named off about 7 different pillow types but then said for you I recommend the 'anti-aging' pillow. I found that comment bizarre but I insisted upon the goat pillow. She ...
Closing out Crete - Back to Iraklion
... ready to settle in and prepare to take the ferry to Santorini the next morning. Again we encountered the adventures of driving in the old city. The Kastro is located in an area with extremely narrow streets. Unloading the car with traffic impatiently waiting for you to move on is like a NASCAR pit stop. We need more practice and a clear designation of the pit crew leader. ...
Windy City
Beautiful resort but not a lot to do as a result of the crazy wind. We decided to take a drive to nearby Agios Nikolaos which was a worthwhile place to check out but nothing special. We had a nice view from the restaurant for dinner which was the ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Hotel Niki


