Travel Blog Photos from Heraklion (323)
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We are greeted as we step off the bus by the sound off bleating sheep. There are more sheep in Greece than there are people. Gortyna was the capital of the Roman province of Crete and Libya (can you believe how close to Africa we are?!?), so it was an ...
The hotel in Heraklion offered a huge free breakfast each morning, with scrambled eggs, hard boiled eggs, five kinds of bread, two kinds of cheese, three kinds of cold cut meats, etc. I was tickled by their offering two different kinds of olives for our ...
After we departed Knossos, we went to the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. We were disappointed that only two rooms were open; the rest was closed for renovation. This is the second museum we have largely missed out on. The Acropolis Museum is also ...
It was time to check into the hotel when we returned from the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, and then we had free time for the rest of the night. I took a fabulous nap. When I woke up, I found an open taverna nearby. It was completely empty at 6PM ...
Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Odos Kalokorinou 7, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Heraklion, Crete, Greece

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From: Travel Advice For Greece.
Posted on Oct 20, 2009, 07:39:32
... Crete Crete has two international airports, the Ioannis Daskalogiannis airport in Akrotiri Chania, the Nikos Kazantzakis airport in Heraklion, plus a smaller airport in Sitia. Both of them are military airports as well and photography is prohibited. The ...
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