Rethymno to Heraklion

So today was the last drive that we would do in Crete before catching the ferry tomorrow to Santorini.

After a morning run and getting ready we walked a very short distance to a small little cafe called Stella's where we had breakfast.

Back to the apartments and finalising our packing before another warm walk this time back to the car through the narrow streets of the town.

We drove from here to Heraklion. To check into the hotel we left our bags and then I took the car back to the airport while Ed found a quiet bar. After a quick drink we spent some time wandering around the old part of Heraklion, visiting the port, the old Venetian ship building workshops.

We also saw the old city walls and St George's gate which isn't actually gate at all! The old parts are very pretty but the rest of Heraklion seems to be quite industrial, sadly a bit dirty and with lots of graffiti that hasn't been removed.

It was a time now for us to be able to check in so we walked back to the hotel and found our room and then had a quick drink in their rooftop bar overlooking the port.

We headed back out for another little walk to see a couple of old fountains which sadly were not running and another drink in a street cafe.

Back at the hotel and after a shower he had dinner in the restaurant, a lovely three-course meal which left us both stuffed. Following this we had a short rest in the room for one final look for a last drink and an early night ready for our early morning ferry on Friday.Read more