Good morning all.
Taking Miss Oz to Crete when I'm back over in a few weeks and as we've never been, would love to hear other lifers views and advise on best places to visit and the area to stay please.
We'd like beachside accommodation, also walking distance to towns and restaurants, appreciate any pointers. 😊
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if you bought from kiosks doted around the area, to take us to a stunning beach by the name of Golden Beach,10 minutes travel time.
Spoilt for choice for tavernas and the architecture is superb.
I'll report back with pics
We have stayed in Hersonissos, nice location with plenty to do. They have three local old school villages within walking distance with superb restaurants, Koutouloufari, Piskopiano and old Hersonissos.
Quite a few of the older couples were staying at these places.
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Enjoy, lovely island and people.The rep on our coach actually tried to bully us as my GF was concerned about the slippery slabs at the beginning of the Gorge & so we just took it slowly to start with. The rep caught up with us & said we were walking too slowly & would miss the ferry & if we didn't speed up she would turn us back. I fairly politely (?) told her that I had done the walk many times (ok just the once maybe but she really tried to throw her weight around as though she was someone important) I knew what I was doing & she most certainly wouldn't be turning us back so just carry on walking. As it turned out we were amongst the first from our coach to collapse in the bar & down a couple of ice cold pints. Just the job
If you like history the island is steeped in it from the original Venetian fortification through to the turks invasion, German occupation and finally the leper colony.
Not sure if you can visit the island without a guided tour but if you can I wouldn't bother with the guide, she was a waste of time.
The downside was the northerly winds made for some quite big waves for most days, causing the lifeguards to stop anyone swimming, which was annoying as the waves weren't anything OTT.
It's very much one man's vision, which may well be rooted in as much reality as my belief that I'm good looking...
I remember being taught about the Minoan civilisation way back, some 40 years ago, how potentially damaging Evans' interpretation has been.
That said, I do honestly believe that there may well be a paying audience for bullying jumping.