"a.spencer3" <a.spencer3@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Am trawling websites etc. with little success.
>
> Married couple, 60 from UK - but not slouches, honest! We're normally in
the
> deserts at this time of year, if it wasn't for the current ........
>
> Looking at Crete (about which we currently know very little), 2 weeks,
> mid-October.
> Mainly want to see Knossos and 'that gorge' (South of Chania, can't
remember
> the name - a day's hike through, boat back, etc.). And, then, to
> 'experience' Crete.
Knossos is ... I suppose the word is 'interesting'. As an inveterate vistor
of old stones, I preferred Malia and Phaistos. If you want to travel around
the island, choose somewhere near the centre of the island to stay. We
stayed a bit to the east of Malia and it was a long drive to the Samia
Gorge. Getting about half-way down the steps into the gorge put Barbara off
going any further. I'd been put off before we left by the idea of walking
that far.
> We're looking for a small town resort, large enough to have plenty of its
> own day & night life (not Faliraki style!) so we can actively enjoy those
> mooching days, but small enough to have retained genuine 'Creteness' and
not
> to be a major package resort. Working harbour/castle sort of centre?
>
> Re our two main aims, maybe mid-way along northern coast somewhere?
It is a few years since I was last there, but the south was then less
touristy than the north. Access to the popular sites is, however, more
difficult from there.
Colin Bignell
Crete 
