Written by Meggysmum on October 11, 2009
- Ocean Village market themselves as the "Cruise for People who Don’t do Cruises". Feeling that as a family we would feel restricted on a traditional cruise line we decided to take our first steps...
Written by MALUSE on September 1, 2009
- We went to Crete for one week at the beginning of November to fill ourselves up with sunshine before the drab and dreary season starts in Germany, how could we know that the island would...
Written by H.M. Woods on May 14, 2006
- Our last two days we spent in Hania in the north west of the island. It is a city built by the Venetians and is set low to the water just like Venice. No...
Written by jenandfrank on October 10, 2005
- Plaka:
Plaka is basically a fishing village, very small and not much to see. Located past Elounda, on the eastern half of Crete. I would write more but this is about it. I...
Written by jenandfrank on October 10, 2005
- When it was time to plan our trip to Greece we knew Santorini was a definite but other than that we were unsure. We ultimately were debating between Crete and Mykonos. Obviously Mykonos is...
Written by jenandfrank on October 10, 2005
- Blue Palace Resort & Spa - Elounda, Crete, Phone (30)(2841) 065500
http://www.bluepalace.gr/bluepalace.html
Located on the Island of Crete, between Elounda and Plaka this hotel has unparalleled views of Spinalonga and the Aegean Sea from each of...
Written by jenandfrank on October 10, 2005
- The spa at the Blue Palace Resort (in Elounda) is located off the pool area (near the beach). I must admit when you first walk in it is quite impressive with an indoor pool, juice...
Written by jenandfrank on October 10, 2005
- Via Beach is located about 2½ hours from the Blue Place, or the Elounda/Plaka area, on the eastern tip of Crete. Famous for having the only natural palm tree forest (5,000 trees) in Europe,...
Written by jenandfrank on October 10, 2005
- Due to its close proximity to the Blue Palace Hotel, we decided to take an excursion to Spinalonga Island. For 14 Euros per person, we caught a boat at our hotel's dock and sailed...
Written by jenandfrank on October 10, 2005
- Known for the 10,000 thousand white sailed windmills that were engineered in 1464 by the Venetians as a way of supplying water, the Lassithi Plateau looks like acres and acres of dry land, fields, cactus,...
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