🧿A spur of the moment decision led to a 9 night trip to Greece end of October 2023. Flights were just £16 for my son and £19 for myself with EasyJet from Bristol to Crete. We also booked a ferry to Santorini for a few nights which were £13 each from Crete then flights back to Gatwick 5 days later all for the same price as what a 4nt package holiday would have cost us!! Here's what we got up to...🧿
Day 1 - Rethymno Crete 🇬🇷 25th & 26th October
We flew into Heraklion airport late last night and took a bus to Rethymno where we will be staying for 4nts - 2 nights at suite chloe and 2 nights at suite Erato both in Muses Suites.
Our first time in Crete and I decided to base in Rethymno due to its ancient history plus its easy to reach Chania (beautiful town) and Heraklion (the capital and where we will be getting the ferry to Santorini from) and it’s really pretty and similar to Rhodes old town which I fell in love with back last April.
Today, we had a chilled morning and had breakfast literally opposite the front door to our accommodation at Bee Cafe as we happen to be situated on the main bar and restaurant strip of the town - handy !
We went on a 30 minute land train ride which was nice as we got to see the old and new town before properly exploring then, walked to the Fortezza which is perched high above the town - amazing views, amazing history… highlight of the day for me!
The rest of the day was spent waking around the town, stopping of for an icecream and coffee then going out for a meal at night to a lovely traditional taverna in the old town. They don’t do glasses of wine they do 1/2 litres!! Plus a free ouzo to finish …
Weather very humid, high 20’s but cloudy
19k steps and a few mozzy bits!
Day 2 - Rethymno Crete 🇬🇷 27th of October
It was change over day in our apartment; we couldn’t stay in the same apartment for the 4nts so we moved across the hall to another room with views facing the sea for the next 2nts. We had packed and moved rooms by 11.30am so we had another full day of exploring the town.
We went to the archaeological museum which was worth visiting with artifacts ranging from the Neolithic to the Roman period. The rest of the day was spent walking all around the town, stopping for drinks and walking to the Egyptian lighthouse which overlooks the harbour.
We are going to Chania (a picturesque town around an hours drive away) by bus tomorrow so we decided to have an early night and spend the evening in the hot tub on our terrace. That was until we locked ourselves out! We were stuck on the terrace with no way of leaving the building - thankfully we had our phones with us so I could contact the owners who then sent someone over to let us back in….
Really warm today not sure what it was but definitely high 20’s!
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