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It’s not everyday that you make friends with a dog at an airport. We were just sitting at Heraklion Airport in Crete

Detail from another entry colourfully depicts the locals gunning down the German invaders. Nice work, kids!

Day 26: Hania was a pleasant port town, not unlike Nafplio, but a bit more run down and a possibly therefore a bit more “authentic”. We had a view from our room across the small port to the lighthouse which was lit up beautifully at night. The city has a Venetian character as it was […]

Day 25: We’d read that walking Samaria Gorge was a must-do while in Crete.
The walk is about 14km, all the way downhill, starting at an elevation of around 1200 metres and finishing when we stepped onto the ferry boat at Agia Roumeli, the sleepy town at the end of the walk.
While there are plenty of […]

It was in a great location, reasonably quiet, and there was plenty of space for us to spread out in.

Evans recreated columns, stuck buildings back together and, having removed some important frescos for museums, repainted them and the concrete columns so that visitors could see what Knossos “really looked like.”

the family-run Hotel Rea was reasonably easy to find. Staff were friendly and very helpful upon check-in and recommended a good little taverna