Making Your Summer Holidays In Crete Unforgettable

< span class="cap">I       Firstly, think seriously        must have travelled to          before packing your bags: do you   Crete a hundred times; I go     deserve a good holiday? If yes,    more frequently nowadays.             then: one, switch off your         Eventually I started to believe       blackberry; two, don’t sit next    strongly that people like myself      to a hotels swimming pool for two  who love the place, deserve to        weeks pretending you are enjoying  look for a more permanent             yourself with a drink in one hand  residence to stay for longer          and a paperback on the other. You  periods of time. At least getting     didn’t work hard for a year to     a quality holiday house in Crete      deserve just this.              has become so inexpensive that         After landing, unpacking and    can hardly be considered as           taking a good sleep, prepare to    financial risk.                       expose yourself to the place and   I still haven’t managed to see        get the most out of it. Remember:  even half of Crete – it is a          you are safe, locals can help you  remarkable and complex                anytime, thieves are practically   combination of places,                non-existent, and you are an       landscapes, people, customs,          arm’s length away from an English  smells – what can I say? I have       speaker.                        more than enough in me to share        Hit the road with your family   with others, and this is why I        on a daily basis leaving around    decided to write about it. All I      9am; make every day an excursion   ask from you is to keep an open       somewhere on the island, no        mind, get a fully insured car,        matter where your location. Your   and decide to expand your eating      hotel is for breakfast and sleep,  and drinking habits (after all        for at least one week of your      you will be visiting the World’s      stay.                           capital of what is known as            I recommend places like Vai in  ‘Mediterranean Diet’).             Sitia, Agia Fotia in Ierapetra,    Ledas outside Heraklion,              yourself to local food: try Dakos  Falasserna outside Chania, Fodele     (wet rusk) small dolmadakia,       and Panormo which are both close      fresh fish, oven food (like        to Rethymno, and Skala village in     stuffed tomatoes and peppers),     Elounda. They all have beaches so     local pastries, and meat on the    take your umbrella, towels suntan     barbeque. Always have a salad on   lotions and plenty of water with      your table; ask for the local      you on every journey. Sunbathing      specialty. And always try the      on a beach is more effective than     local sweets with honey and white  swimming pools: you get a             sugar.                          glorious tan to keep for months        Except excursions, try and mix  to come. To be on the safe side,      with the locals getting the most   ask for the existence of jelly        out of your journey. The           fish and wear plastic shoes when      unbeatable way of doing this is    you walk inside the sea.           by sneaking into a local wedding;  The other way of doing             the best weddings take place on    excursions is to join a safari        Saturdays at nearby villages. If   group; ask your hotel for             you don’t manage to get invited,   details. You will have a              just head for one uninvited in     wonderful time, and you will be       one evening of your first days,    in a safer, more controlled           leaving it to pot luck. People     environment with people guiding       will invite you on the spot, and   you, and people from your own         it will be a unique opportunity    group joining you. You will still     to get acquainted, eat fantastic   see lots of places off the beaten     wedding food and get lots of tips  track, and keep it all on a daily     for your stay. If you have         excursion mode.                    thoughts about a more permanent    You should eat at the local        stay, it will be good for you to   tavernas; aim for the one that        start making contacts anyway; in   attracts most of the crowd. Open      Crete people are very social and   you will soon discover the            Authorsnowball effect that this will        id="authorbio"                     have on you.                       class="membersnoticewhite">Kostan  Keep the last couple of days       dinos Papahatzis works full time   to ease off; it’s time for            swimming pool rest with plenty of     href="http://www.crete-real-estat  reading, drinking and socializing     e-property.com">on real estate     with people from your group. Try      crete finding homes to those   to compare your experiences with      who wish to stay longer and enjoy  theirs and see what difference        fuller, better and stress-free     this will make. I can definitely      breaks in their lives. Find more   guarantee you that when you go        at: back home you will talk about         href="http://www.crete-real-estat  your holiday for the rest of the      e-property.com">year. 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