Great nights sleep we awake with anticipation of our day ahead. We wanted to walk hike 4 and 5 taking in the Tholaria after visiting Agios Ionnis Theologos and walking to the dramatic cliff faces of Stravos. However walk no 5 appeared not to exist from Theologos to Tholaria........The walk by our app we use was 10.8 miles walking from sea level to the highest point at 2671 feet. We were walking for 8 hrs but a couple of this was where we got lost. So we start wit...

 We leave Santorini on Sea Jets Consortium Ferry at 1300 for Amorgos, an hours crossing to the port at Katapola. Our host called the bus station to check bus times for us. So caught the 1130 to the Port. €1.80 each for a splendid ride. The ferry was 40 minutes late due to high winds at sea, but an air con waiting room and seats in the shade kept us happy. Russ had called at bakery in the morning and bought us a turkey sandwich for lunch and our new cooler insu...

It is time for a long planned and researched holiday. 14 nights on 3 Greek Islands. Fly and one night on SantoriniFerry to Amorgos for 5 nightsFerry to Naxos for 5 nightsFerry to Santorini for last 3 nightsCheapest flights we could find were actually with Thomsons which surprised us so always worth looking at your usual package companies as well as flight only ones.  Accomodation booked, all with Booking.com, it's a budget holiday as off to New Zealand in...

We left Sougia around 1830, elated, tired and one of us overwhelmed and exhausted. The Gorge had been an experience we would all remember and gave us an appetite to walk it again in the future. Our planned drive to Matala which sits on the South Coast in the Central Prefecture was to be done in the daylight but as the Gorge had been closed for a day we were behind schedule so the drive was in the dark. As we climbed up the White Mountains the mist hit us again, ...

Driving over the spectacular White Mountains of Western Crete for the second time for us and first time for our friends did not disappoint. Climbing 3000ft from Chania leaving the hussle and bustle of the city climbing up and over the mountains is a spectacular journey. If younRenstaying in Chania you simply must hire a car and explore this beautiful prefecture. The winding roads, climbing high passing through orange orchards providing fabulous views of Crete loo...