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Travel Blogs from Plakias
No fixed abode so a week in Crete
... at many of the delicious tavernas that Chania has to offer, Portes, Glossitses and The Well of the Turk were some of the better ones but most seem to offer good quality, reasonably priced food and drinks.
Chania is steeped in nautical history and the Maritime Museum of Crete, located at Chania harbour, was an unexpected but worthwhile visit providing an excellent insight into the history of the port, some great exhibits and ...
Tourists in Heraklion
This is unfortunately our last day in Crete and we decide to spend it in Heraklion with a visit to its very famous museum. The museum is actually under refurbishment at the moment but thank god they had a temporary exhibition set-up next door. Mum would have ...
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 ...
Les gorges de Samaria
... de l'eau de source partout le long du trajet pour remplir nos bouteilles. Nous pique-niquons d'une super salade grecque maison. Nous sommes partis vers 9:30hrs et arrivons à 16hrs à Agia-Roumelli, après avoir traversé un vieux et joli village que nous n'avions pas vu la veille. De retour sur le traversier, nous sommes fourbus mais très content de notre journée. Ça augure bien pour le Trek au ...
Plakias
... Nous faisons un pique-nique et nous nous baignons dans l'eau fraîche et les remous de petites rapides. Plakias est très agréable, et les plages des environs magnifiques, avec leur eau claire et chaude. Mais on y trouve très peu de variété dans les petites marchés. Nous quittons après quelques jours pour un trek dans les gorges de ...