Crete Vacation

Sep 1, 2019 • in: photos • tags: vacation, crete

This summer we were on Crete for vacation. I've been learning a bit about photography and my Sony Alpha 6000 lately, and took the opportunity to practice while on holidays.

I also ported my website/blog from Jekyll to Hugo, and decided to post photos more often, both to use my blog and also as an incentive for my photography work.

Snails on dried flowers
Snails on dried flowers
Old venetian port and fort
The old venetian port and fort of Heraklion.
Port of Heraklion
The port of Heraklion with old venetian shipyards in the background.
Ruins of the palace of Knossos
The ruins of the over 3500 year old palace of Knossos. Parts had been rebuild during the first excavations.
Ruins of a house
Heraklion is a mix of regular houses with ruins or abandoned houses in between.
An old car under a tree
An old car under a tree
Bay of Agios Nikolaos
The bay of Agios Nikoloas. If you can see it while having lunch, you're probably paying too much for your food.
Ruins on Spinalonga
Ruins of old houses on Spinalonga, probably from the Ottoman occupation.
Stone arch on Spinalonga
A stone arch on top of Spinalonga, not many people come here.
Old house on Spinalonga
An old but seemingly in shape house on Spinalonga.
The gate to the fort in Rethymno
The gate to the venetian fort of Rethymno.
Sleeping cat
A cat sleeping in the wall of the venetian fort in Rethymno.
Minaret of Rethymno
The minaret of Rethymno. Crete has been occupied by the Ottomans for a while and is thus a mix of Greek and Turkish.
Old lighthouse in Rethymno
An old lighthouse in the harbor of Rethymno.
A cat between bamboo
While taking a break in a park in Rethymno, I found a small tiger in a bamboo forest.
A cicada
Cicadas have been everywhere and where annoyingly loud.
A snail on a tree
A snail on a tree
A building shell
A common sight in Crete are building shells of houses that are probably never going to be finished.
An olive tree
An olive tree
Cowrie shells
One of the best catches while snorkeling where two beautiful cowrie shells.
A cactus flower
A beautiful cactus flower.
A cactus flower with a mantis
A cactus flower with a mantis.
A dried thistle
A dried thistle
Preveli gorge
The gorge of Preveli is beautiful, and a bit less crowded than the beach.
A hornet
A hornet
A sunset in Plakias
A sunset in Plakias

We first stayed in Heraklion in the north and from there visited the palace of Knossos and Agios Nikolaos and Spinalonga in the east. The second half we stayed in the south in Plakias, a small town where I was often as a child. We went by bus to Rethymno for one day and to Preveli, but mostly relaxed on the beach and snorkeled.