Crete Island Favorites

 22 Reviews  Chania (Hania) is the capital of the Prefecture of the same name and the second biggest town in Crete, with a population of 60.000 inhabitants. As for me Chania is one of the nicest towns in Crete... 

 10 Reviews  While staying in Stalis although the beach there is not bad I prefer sissi , sissi is a very picturesque village and a lot of boat trips come here and stop for a swim and lunch. we drove the short... 

 17 Reviews   Cretean spring is beautiful. After months of bad weather, relative cold and rains the plants burst with life. Crete becomes a blooming place and the fresh greens give a great shade against strong... 

 5 Reviews  The Palace of Minos at Knossos in Heraklion is unmissable. Much of it has been reconstructed but it does give you a better idea of the true scale of some of the ruins once you've seen how the ground... 

 4 Reviews  Greek people will really appreciate if you try to speak a few words in Greek while talking to them, you will see their faces smiling, for this reason below you will find few of the main words you... 

 8 Reviews  Crete was the centre of Europe's most ancient civilisation, the Minoan. Though early Cretan history is surrounded by legends (such as those of King Minos; Theseus and the Minotaur; and Daedalus and... 

 2 Reviews  Walking down the gorge of Samaria is a great experience. It’s a fascinating landscape. At the beginning, you have to walk down in serpentines and will see below the ground of the gorge and above you... 

 5 Reviews  Hiking at the Gorge of Samaria is something you must do if you ever visit this beautiful island. It is 16 km long and since 1962 has been proclaimed as a national-park. It isn't so tiring as it... 

 2 Reviews  A small island is situated south of Crete, just 9 miles of Ierapetra town. It is called as '"HRISI" (Gold), a incredible exotic small island all covered with white sand, cedar tree forests and... 

 1 Review  Greek people as a whole, and especially Cretans are some of the nicest people I met on my trip. While Switzerland's people are almost too nice, too good to be true, Cretans just seemed at home helping... 

 2 Reviews  A lot of things are favourite to me in Crete, well i can simply say know that i would like to drink some tsigoudia in a taverna in the mountain and having at the same time graviera (cheese) dipped in... 

 1 Review  We had hotel next to Elounda and found this a great place to snorkel. There is a “sunken city”, and although we didn’t see anything of it (I’m not sure if the stones we saw belong to it!), it was very... 

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 lynnejones12345 Says:  HelloIt does get hot, later in september is better for walking around. I would recommend Western Crete, Rethymon to Tavrontis area on the north coast, better to... 

 ealgisi Says:  The most common European emergency number 112 (following Directive 2002/22/EC: Universal Service Directive) and also standard on GSM mobile phones. 112 is used... 

 MikeBird Says:  During the month of August it seems to be common for the northern wind called the Meltemi to blow. This is a cooling wind but it can be quite strong at times.... 

 oriettaIT Says:  In 2005 I drove the rough road through the Gramvoussa peninsula. It start a bit after Kastelli Kissamos, you have to follow the "Balos beach Hotel" road sign... 

 alectrevor Says:  A good long walk is from near main bus station, on the sea road past the Politechniou,round the headland called ring road under the Fortress to the Venetian... 

 CharmaineG Says:  Easy to get around , trips were great and locals pretty friendly Being my first time abroad i found the locals pretty friendly , was my Daughters 13 th while... 

 Maurizioago Says:  I booked a room in Hersonissos for a week, but I didn't like much that place. One evening, after having walked a bit uphill, I discovered three small villages... 

 Sheefy Says:  Not the biggest revelation - but do strap yourself in when getting into a taxi. Many a driver seemed to want to prove how fast they can get from A to B, and...