2024

BEACH OF BALOS

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Balos beach with white sand and shallow translucent turquoise waters, ... Read more
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2024

GRAMVOUSSA ISLAND

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The fort of Gramvoussa, located on the island of the same name, was built by the Venetians in 1584, to control the passage over the surrounding seas. A strategic place at the entrance of the Cretan waters, it has a long history and has passed through many hands: Venetians, Turks (from 1692), Cretan revolutionaries (1825), pirates succeeded one another. The pirates are said to have amassed a considerable fortune that has yet to be discovered. Amateurs?... On the island lives a rich poultry fauna of about 100 species and the turtle Caretta caretta feeds there.

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