Minos Beach

... ruins of Knossos, original home to King Minos and the mythical legend of the Labyrinth and the Minotaur. Story goes that King Minos received a magnificent white bull that he was suppose to sacrifice to the Poseidon (god of the sea) but greedily the King ...

... of the way to Knossos.  Crete is a large island (the second largest in the Mediterranean after Cyprus) and there are many beach resorts 30+ minutes outside the city that they have to coordinate tours from.  The taxi picked me up on time and we ...

... a good way to explore in the most efficient way. I ventured to the southern part of the island for a different beach experience. Somehow I managed to find Vlachada Beach despite the paucity of road signs. This beach had a few more people but was ...

... Suddenly, they looked up were very startled when they realized they had wandered into the middle of a “nude” beach area. Their immediate reaction was to started laughing and then realized that their laughter was drawing attention to them from ...