Crete Island Travel Guide

 53 Reviews  Also known as Labyrinth or Knossos Palace,it is the largest Bronze Age Archaeological site on Crete and probably the ceremonial and political centre of the Minoan civilisation and culture.The palace appears as a maze of workrooms,living spaces and storerooms close to a central square,detailed images... 

 1 Review and 220 Opinions  Stayed in October 2006, and really have no complaints about the accomodation,Very friendly and... 

 12 Reviews  Skewered pork meat, a traditional Greek dish. It is served with french fries and there is also chicken, lamb and swordfish souvlaki.Apart from the classic pork souvlaki, you can also try chicken or any other meat. One shop in Athens even serves ostrich souvlaki. All these variations were invented to... 

 1 Review  You can not miss the Armida bar as it’s the Pirate ship moored in the small harbour near the Tourist Office. We called on board for a drink as it is open during the day as well as at night. it's well worth a visit just for the photo opportunity. The Drinks were not expensive (about average price) 

 22 Reviews  We were trying AUTOTRIP company in summer 2007. Litsa , the agent will always wait for you with your name on the sign. First time we used this company in 2007. We took and returned car to Chania airport. We ordered Hyundai Accent but it was not available and we ended au with Fiat Albea. Next time... 

 15 Reviews  In Melame town there is a lovely little jewellers selling mainly silver jewelry. They have some beautiful handmade amber jewelry - I got a beautiful bangle with three lumps of amber on it for about £30. 

 15 Reviews  The evil eye is big in Crete, where I lived for four years, and possibly elsewhere in Greece. If you go into someone's home, don't look too enviously at their things and don't pass too many complements-they believe your jealously an bring them bad luck and will not invite you back. If you see gaudy... 

 8 Reviews  I must say I have read a lot upon this subject before I have decided to go to Crete by car. However everything I have read was extremely exagerrated. Of course I live in a pretty jungle traffic city, Bucharest, nevertheless everything I have read about Cretan driving is not completely true. Of... 

 3 Reviews  One of the best excursions you can do while in Crete is visiting the old Venetian Castle Island of Spinalonga. It is a short sail accross the lively town of Agios Nikolaos and the village of Elounda in Lassithi. The castle is somehow well preserved, the walls are impressive. This little island was... 

 3 Reviews  Even if you have a decent base tan the intense Sun on Crete can burn you in no time at all if you don't use sunblock. And if you wait to buy it until you get to Crete the incredibly high prices for it will make you regret not bringing your own. Fortunately we brought plenty, so we did not have to... 

 22 Reviews  Leaving Sitia we headed off to the east for Vai the beach with the palm forest. The road to Vai was pretty new and looked like it had been resurfaced which I was glad about as I could imagine it had been one of those roads!! During the 70`s when the hippies were thrown out of matala they made there... 

 5 Reviews  Preveli beach is a ery scenic beach, especially when seen from high up: there's the sea at the front and a river at the back. In one day you can get a salty and a resh water swim. You can also walk along the river and admire the canyon and vegetation, or rent kayaks to go upstream. There's soft sand... 

 11 Reviews  Bali is a small, picturesque village between Heraklion and Rethymno. People go there usually when they buy the whole package (flight, hotel, food etc) Bali used to be a fisherman village, but now during the summer it is a family vacation destination. There are few large hotels and many small hotels....