Chania to Reythemno

Another fairly lazy start and after a coffee I went for a run before coming back and getting ourselves sorted to check out.

We had breakfast downstairs first and ended up leaving just at 11:00 a.m. for the walk back to the car. Having packed the car we drove around the city until we came back to the place with the maritime museum. We parked up and headed inside to see the boat that was built for the 2004 Olympics where 22 oarsmen rode all the way from Crete to Athens in time for the opening ceremony. The boat is a replica of an old style Greek boat.

This was just a short stop and then we hopped back in the car to drive about an hour and 15 minutes to Rethymno, our stop for the next two nights.

We arrived shortly before 1:00 p.m. And found somewhere to park the car. This is another place where our accommodation is in a pedestrianised area and so we've had to leave the car outside of the main city. We grabbed a beer and then walked up to the old Venetian fort. Apparently it's the largest Venetian fort in the world. It was baking hot and we wandered around the inside of the fort looking at the various buildings that are still standing.

It was now almost 3:00 p.m. meaning that we could now check in. We walked back to the car to get our bags and then made the short 8 minute but very sweaty walk to the hotel. Despite the lack of parking the hotel is perfectly situated in the old town with lots of narrow streets and next door to the old mosque.

After cooling down we spent a couple of hours wandering the streets with a couple of refreshment stops and a club sandwich in a bar on the sea front called Chaplin's.

Our main evening activity was a pirate ship sunset sail and so we walked to the port to get aboard for 7pm. The cruise took us out of the harbour and have great views of the sunset and the old fort.

By 8.30pm we were back and we returned to the hotel for a quick shower before a couple of drinks in some nearby bars and an early-ish night for an early start on Wednesday!Read more