We had the day to spare before our evening flight home so took our luggage to the airport storage and spent the day wandering around the town. Bus back to the airport was 2 euros each and took 15 minutes. ...
Crete is a bit remote, hot and rocky, but the famous site of Knossos helps tell the story of an ancient civilization and should not be missed. Large crowds cans make the overall visit a bit more stressful. We enjoyed the Princess excursion all-day tour that provided lunch and comprehensive visiting of the island, especially with a stop in the scenic tourist town of Agios Nikolaos. ...
Another port crawling with tourists today. Returned to the Palace of Knossos after many years only to find that one can no longer enter rooms that were once available for viewing up close. Also learned that much of the restoration at this site is not authentic but created by the discoverer of the day. ...
I wanted to do all of the Crete excursions, but alas only had one day! Such a beautiful place with so much interesting history! We did Arkadi monastery and Rethymno. Definitely needed more time explore. ...
October 27, 2022. Docked in Crete at the Bay of Souda. Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Crete is known for its landmark beaches (and some of the most important cultural sites in Europe (particularly the Minoan settlements, and the old towns of Chania, Heraklion and ...
We had a very busy, port intensive itinerary on this cruise so we decided to do a beach day for our last port. We didn't spend any time in Limassol. We pre-booked a private driver/guide who drove us to an area where we did a short hike up to a spectacular view point over Balos beach and then we drove on to Falassarna beach. Guide had reserved our sun beds and shades right next to the water. It was ...
We opted to just walk into town to the main shops the easiest way is to turn right after being dropped off by the port authority bus, it is about a 15 minute walk past the harbour to the taxi rank then left turn up 25is avgoustou which is the main shopping street
Again nice place to look around
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