A swim before breakfast and then we were on our way to Hania, the original capital of Crete. On the way we stopped at Armeni where there is a Minoan cemetery only discovered by a farmer in his olive grove in 1977 - small to very large graves dug along a stepped path into the stone hillside a little like the early tombs in Egypt in the Valley of the Kings. On for picnic lunch at Gerani a very small beach frequented by locals, only a parking area, a small church an...

Crete From Santorini we caught the fast ferry to Heraklion which arrived about 9.30 PM; we had a quick meal watching the soccer then to bed. Next morning into town centre only about 10 minutes on the bus. We had a good look at the Venetian fortifications at the old port - it's very interesting with many rooms with high vaulted ceilings open under the fort, also many granite cannon balls in one room presumably left over after they found steel??//// The old city ...