Luckily this valley isn’t called Valley of the Death because of so many dead hikers but because of the caves the Minoans had used to bury their dead. This valley with its imposing walls of about 200 metres height is also a part of the E4, the longest of all European long-distance hiking trails. From …
From Sitía we went on a tour to the north-eastern peninsula of Crete, which is the driest part of the island, with a desert like landscape without any trees. Access road to a radar station which crumbles on the edges We made a first stop at Ítanos, an ancient town which was once allied with …
A hike starting in Kavoúsi led us high into the mountains and back down along a water channel through a fantastic valley back to one of the oldest olive trees and finally the village again. We had managed to drop our camper on a small parking along the road, just where the hike starts: 35.123296, …
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Sometimes, a day starts with a bad surprise. That day, the toilet stopped working. Somehow the waste pipe system seemed to be blocked. Let’s see how to solve this infrastructural inconvenience. After a Google search, I could identify 3 possible elements of the waste system where the problem might be located. The engine of the …
A truly fantastic gorge lies just inland from Ágios Nikólaos near the lovely village of Kritsá. It is called Chauga Gorge and leads through a very narrow valley with washed out walls. Kritsá is a village with typical whitewashed houses climbing up the hillside. It is well visited in summer but now in winter most …
Our first hike at Crete led us through the gorge of Aposelémis near Heraklion, for sure one of many gorges we will hike on this island. We started from the south where the road crosses the gorge, and we could park opposite of a closed tavern. A sign showed us where to start, and from …
If you drive east along the coast from Sitia you will see a little village at the sea side from the distance which looks different somehow. Something looks wrong, somehow lost. We stopped at the closed gate to explore the story of the “Dionysos Village” … Google gave us some hints: The place was built …
Yesterday we saw many artefacts found at Knossos, today we went to discover the largest Bronze Age archaeological site which has been called Europe’s oldest city. Rebuilt part of the palace The palace of Knossos was once the ceremonial and political centre of the Minoan civilisation and culture. In its peak, the palace and surrounding city boasted a …
Arriving in Heraklion by ferry, we spent the first day exploring the city and visiting the Archaeological Museum, which houses all the important finds on the Minoan culture from all over Crete. In front of the harbour lies the Venetian fortress called Castello a Mar, which was built by the Republic of Venice in the …
After our tour through the Peloponnese, we now wanted to visit Crete, the largest island of Greece and the 5th largest of the Mediterranean Sea. Crete lies about 100 km south of the Greek mainland, which meant a ferry ride of 9 hours. The ferry leaves every day at 9pm from Piraeus and arrives at …
