anyone been to crete for holiday?

[jeff666]

hi im thinking of going to crete for a holiday, just wondering if anybody's been and what did you think of it? thanks jeff.

[mybrainhurts]

Yes

[TommyTT]

Great food, cheap beer, but terrible accomodation. Make sure you get a decent hotel, otherwise its not a bad place. We went at short notice last year on our way to Athens (Champions League Final) and just had to accept the accomodation we were given. I would definitely go back though.

[jeff666]

TommyTT said:

Great food, cheap beer, but terrible accomodation. Make sure you get a decent hotel, otherwise its not a bad place. We went at short notice last year on our way to Athens (Champions League Final) and just had to accept the accomodation we were given. I would definitely go back though.

cheers for the reply tommy

[jeff666]

mybrainhurts said:

Yes

very helpfull thanks

[unclemark123]

went there a few years ago and loved it. very beautifull in places and hot obviously.

going back in september to get married there !

[dave_s13]

Went for my honeymoon 5 years ago. Stayed in a newly built 5* hotel that was utterly and flabergastingly amazing.....it wasn't cheap though..

http://www.bluepalace.gr/bluepalace/frontend/index...

Very nice place overall from what I remember.

[Alec]

Nice place, good food, cheap beer just avoid Malia.

[TheCaseAce]

Crete is fine - like all Greek islands. Bear in mind that it is the furthest south of all the islands and therefore...

1. Very, very, very hot
2. Pretty arid/desert-like and hence not as pretty as a lot of other islands (see point 1, I guess)

I prefer places like Kefalonia, but would definitely go back.

I don't know if you are old/young thin/fat mobile/disabled but a fantastic thing to do for a day out is walk the Samaria Gorge. Sounds tacky but its best to do it on a coach trip because the coach drops you off righ up in the mountains at 7am ish... and you finish right down by the sea on a tiny beach, where you need to get a boat to the nearest town. It's a long walk (16km) but all a gentle downhill (my absolute weed of an ex managed it and loved it) and it's really spectacular.

[Ganglandboss]

I went several times with my parents when I was a kid. They go to Platanes (near Rethymnon) every year and have many Greek friends.

As TheCaseAce said, the Samaria Gorge is a must. Make sure you take decent boots with you though.

[bitwrx]

Met a French commercial diver on a ferry across the Aegean. He bought us some beers and told us that Crete was the best place on earth. Our van broke down in Paxos so we never made it. I will go back one day though.

HTH