When I was living in Athens and my relatives lived in Heraklion Crete, I preferred visiting them during winter.
Most of them thought that this was weird, as most people prefer Crete on the Summer.
Yet Crete is beautiful in all seasons. As a visitor I do not like crowds, I prefer to stroll with the locals, visit the places locals prefer, and this can be done more easily during winter.
As a large island Crete offers wide variety of places that you can enjoy, walk around in a sunny winter day (most days of winter are sunny in Crete anyway...), restaurants, open for the locals try their best to satisfy their clients, museums and archaeological sites are far less crowded...
In all my trips I prefer to mingle with locals, not to be driven around by some guide...
Crete with a moderate winter and warm climate, with desperate need for winter visitors (that will offer the visitor not only hugely discounted prices but also far better quality for the money spent), with so many places to visit that dusring a crowded summer would not have the time to go and enjoy, with excellent activities like golf that you can play and enjoy with the marvellous weather, I think is still a place undiscovered.
You can be a smart traveler and discover it...why wait the Summer????
Most of them thought that this was weird, as most people prefer Crete on the Summer.
Yet Crete is beautiful in all seasons. As a visitor I do not like crowds, I prefer to stroll with the locals, visit the places locals prefer, and this can be done more easily during winter.
As a large island Crete offers wide variety of places that you can enjoy, walk around in a sunny winter day (most days of winter are sunny in Crete anyway...), restaurants, open for the locals try their best to satisfy their clients, museums and archaeological sites are far less crowded...
In all my trips I prefer to mingle with locals, not to be driven around by some guide...
Crete with a moderate winter and warm climate, with desperate need for winter visitors (that will offer the visitor not only hugely discounted prices but also far better quality for the money spent), with so many places to visit that dusring a crowded summer would not have the time to go and enjoy, with excellent activities like golf that you can play and enjoy with the marvellous weather, I think is still a place undiscovered.
You can be a smart traveler and discover it...why wait the Summer????
