|
|
Here are some pictures of our vacation to Crete, Greece in May 2001. This was our first all-inclusive vacation. Because we tried to avoid mass tourism as much as possible, the journey became a very nice mixture of relaxing at the hotel pool and trips to cultural sites all over the island.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The history of Crete is at least 9000 years old. You may already know Crete as the island of the gods from the greek mythology.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Countless archeological sites can be visited on the island. Well known sites like Knossos and Malia are definetely worth a trip. The charming part though starts with visits to the less known sites where the remainings of the old cities are idyllically embedded in the beautiful landscape.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nice old towns like Chania and Rethymnon experienced the influence of several different cultures. That is one of the facts that makes exploring the old cities so interesting.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The pictures shown here are color slides in their original. I had the lab digitize and store them on a Kodak Photo CD. The images were then resized and converted into the JPG format.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|