Greece - Kalo Taxidi! Notes from Greece and the Greek Islands.
Showing posts with label Crete. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crete. Show all posts
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Chania: Celebrating 100 Years Since the Union | Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest News from Greece
Chania: Celebrating 100 Years Since the Union | Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest News from Greece
Crete was formally annexed to Greece as recently as 1913.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretan_State
Crete was formally annexed to Greece as recently as 1913.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretan_State
Thursday, 6 June 2013
Saturday, 18 August 2012
Friday, 22 June 2012
Crete Organizes Celebrations for 100th Anniversary of Union with Greece
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2012/06/21/crete-organizes-celebrations-for-100th-anniversary-of-union-with-greece/
I thought I knew my Greek history, but I hadn't realised that the union of Crete with Greece was that recent.
I thought I knew my Greek history, but I hadn't realised that the union of Crete with Greece was that recent.
Friday, 28 October 2011
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Kalo Taxidi - Crete
Crete
I found Crete to be too big for the relaxing island experience I seek on a Greek holiday.
What did I enjoy about Crete?
* the archaeological sites. Try to get to popular sites like Knossos early in the morning - as soon as the site opens and before the coach trips start to arrive
* the museums
* strolling round the old streets of Chania
* Loutro - though I have read that Loutro can now be reached by road. When I went, Loutro was only accessible by boat.
* walking through the Samaria gorge
An extract from my book about Greece, "Kalo Taxidi".
I found Crete to be too big for the relaxing island experience I seek on a Greek holiday.
What did I enjoy about Crete?
* the archaeological sites. Try to get to popular sites like Knossos early in the morning - as soon as the site opens and before the coach trips start to arrive
* the museums
* strolling round the old streets of Chania
* Loutro - though I have read that Loutro can now be reached by road. When I went, Loutro was only accessible by boat.
* walking through the Samaria gorge
An extract from my book about Greece, "Kalo Taxidi".
Monday, 4 April 2011
Crete
Once upon a time cheap flights were not as easy to find as they are today. I had to take my time off work before the end of March. The only reasonably priced flights at that time of year were then to Crete and Corfu. So I have been to Corfu twice and Crete twice.
I found Crete to be too big for the relaxing island experience I seek on a Greek holiday.
* the archaeological sites. Try to get to popular sites like Knossos early in the morning - as soon as the site opens and before the coach trips start to arrive
* the museums
* strolling round the old streets of Chania
* Loutro - though I have read that Loutro can now be reached by road
* walking through the Samaria gorge
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