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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Crete a cretan peasant and his Donkey head Home along a quiet Road after gathering fir cod. 5.ls f i travellers tips e in if you Are not to ars  a Crete you must seetm1 i Here she  a i Knossos about three  from Heravon. I act of the to sind and them ask Ger a Rev Sec a go  a v town a admissions these Varv. The most Ltd e a Quot a a a 1 Palace of kno sics and the grab a Gnu v. Quot a _ which each Cost about 5 i per ado s fes it or  been Are Worth it. A hours open i to re cry is Cir a =  a was match those in guidebooks. Hoi . Sum a it Creek orthodox easter cart do up the do pc a a a a More Check Localio. A Quot a tips the Archaeol Ock joked bit of v in a  Shorter pm t be at a n fit Quot a go a a a a once Page Atten Tun to it. G t Les. Esro  it at o a a c  cd Ioc Cal 5>tes. A it c u  a a. A it of to co urn .3 wre Quot the Carem  , t hone w r  Fleer of other to As ,z to it me  a a a to re a r ecu a in a pc o a a a but  or egg o a a to co Roo o a getting Aroun-,1 for an automatic both with unlimited mileage. I addition to big name rental agencies Small priv Iio ones Are in All the big towns so you could wait and rent on the Island with Little trouble if we d had More t Ime though we d have relied on cheap local buses whose routes cover the Island. A nearby no trip to minoan Crete would be Complete without a trip somewhere else. Santorini an Island group 60 Miles to the North that is the probable a source of the myth of Atlantis. We look a one Day cruise from her Klion to Santorini just to look at the ruins of a Sotiri a site that is almost certainly minoan. Located on the outer slope of thera Santorini s main Island a Sotiri had Mulli storied. Buildings indoor plumbing and Beautiful Wail paintings Santorini is the remains of a Volcano that blew apart in about 1625 ., leaving Only a ring of islets where the cent nil Cone had been. A Sotiri was destroyed and buried in vol Ranic Ash. The whole site has been roofed  very slowly Bem excavated. A the Sanlo Iii catastrophe and ils  a  a a earthquakes and tidal Waves were Long bumped for. Destroy id major minoan Sites on n Eye by arc  the dates Don t Mutt a according to More recent research mar a min Den. Is were destroyed . 17b0  And a rebuilt.  a y  and More comp.-. A a. 1 Ruchit it a. A. A i in a a Quot. A j a tit u i  a w. If we i add More time . A e id i Santorini a week i it. A ��.�., it is that Beautiful.  y go have skipped the Ovi n. Rowdell and highly Perl in main town a. Of Piraro d pm our  up at Oki a up ? town on. The  Quot it t p  main Island will no of it having. A v  c. Or ��1 m d i. A the old Center of Ihn \ Ilocano now filled  ,. Cia was  damaged by an ear Huke in the 1950s and my . A Bank loved. Now it is being beautifully restored and r new houses Are being added both on top of the Caffera rim and dug into the Cliff face. Many ran be rented. A. A a a getting to Santorini ferries go to Santorini several times a week fwd the port of her Klion. The catch is that they done to at r it me Back at the same intervals so you. Have to plan ahead. In addition the speediest of the boats a had roil cancels its run whenever the weather looks bad. Which con postpone your trip Over or keep you on Santo it  Day or two longer than you planned. An alternative is a Short but pleasant one Day cruise which film it about five horns on Santorini the Cost was about 560 per person round trip meals included. 1 ibo mation on any of these options is available from travel agencies in her Klion. A books a a found these three invaluable. The first two Are Zicai Lahip in . Bookstores the third in museum Taree bookstores and at major archaeological Sites on Cut to. A slue cd de Crete by Pat Cameron  c. Black a London about $27 paperback. Detailed Liny print expensive and Worth it. _. ,. Crete. Insight guides Tapa Houghton Mifflin paperback a Bot 520,. Great on culture history background a Tapir. But it s also heavy study it before a a go. A a. Cart the a 7 a  and archaeological Sites by Anna   thenon s.a., paperback about -$2c. G kid maps bigger than the Blue guide slots of ovo to pictures a g kid summary of cretan history and. Cart Tun or us. A. A Catherine Watson Crete Rhea Al in to y Fly a meet Censne amp a see  
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