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When to Go
The best times to visit Crete are late spring to early summer and autumn, when the tourist infrastructure has geared up but you won't have to contend with the crowds of summer tourists. The weather is usually pleasantly warm during this time, but not too hot, and swimming is possible.
Islands in Crete Islands
- Chania
- Heraklion
- Lassithi
- Rethymno
Crete Islands Vacations - Attractions
 Samaria Gorge - Many travelers spend a day trekking though the stupendous 18km (11mi) Samaria Gorge to get to Agia Roumeli on the southwest coast. Apart from its beauty, the gorge is teeming with wildlife and wildflowers.
Hania - is the largest city in Western Crete. It's swamped with beautiful Venetian and Turkish buildings and this, along with its harbourside setting, white onion-domed churches, and winding paved lane ways make it ideal camera-bait.
Iraklio - Iraklio's two main squares are Plateia Venizelou and Plateia Eleftherias. Plateia Venizelou is the heart of the city and the city's major intersection is south of here.
Knossos - is located in a beautiful site just southeast of Iraklio, is the most magnificent, intricate and evocative of Crete's Minoan sites. To give visitors an idea of what the palace looked like, its discoverer, Sir Arthur Evans, had parts of it reconstructed.
Crete Islands Vacations - Activities
 Crete is a veritable paradise for trekking , provided you don't come during the hot summer. Crete's mountainous terrain isn't ideal for cycling but traveling on two wheels through the escarpment villages and valleys of the north coast, the Mesara Plain of the south and on and down from the plateaus, is popular.
Apart from swimming, parasailing, water-skiing, jet-skiing, canoeing, yachting and windsurfing are available at most of the major beaches. The often crystal-clear waters, particularly in the south, make snorkeling and diving here a real pleasure.
Crete Islands Vacations - The Highlights
- The old town of Chania, with footprints of 3 thousand years of history around every corner.
- The small fishing village of Zakros, 20 km south of Vai, on the eastern shore, for stunning natural beauty, all the good vibes anyone may need in one lifetime, and charming isolation.
- The Gorge of Samaria, in Chania, the largest gorge in Europe and, with Santorini and Meteora, the three top natural wonders of Greece.
- The bay of Elounda, home to the country's best luxury resort hotels, and a number of its best restaurants.
- The drive from Chania to Paleochora: Colorado meets Tuscany and ends up in Zihuatanejo.
- The Omalos plateau, in Chania, right before the Samaria Gorge, and the Lasithi plateau, east of Heraklion.
- Cretan food: pies, roast lamb, local wine, raki.
- The Hersonisos and Malia region of Heraklion for 24-hour partying.
- Matala, for a taste of Haight-Ashbury-on-the-Libyan-Sea.
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