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Never having been to Crete before, and although not planning on making any day trips, I read the post referred to by Compage above, out of interest, from top to bottom.  I was amazed at just how much the island has to offer.  Anyone wanting to venture farther afield, and seeking suggestions of where to go could do worse than consult that inspiring post.    

roger:
Very many thanks for some really excellent ideas
 I particularly like the sound of John's suggested day trip - I had not realised that you could do such a round trip which is of course much better than retracing your steps .And the resturant in Selia certainly sounds well worth it - esp if we time it to see the sunset .I assume that vegetarian food will not be a problem.Will pass on your regards Ostrako
roger

John R:
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Well yes - a perfect (spot the cat) ending to that trip.

Guess what - a photo from that restuarant where we had some very good lunches.
John R

John R:
More info for those interested in day trips via car. Unfortunately I don't seem to have many photos to illustrate this one :-

If one drives to Spilli then there is a left turn just as one enters the town - right at the western edge of town. This is a fairly new road, though now marked on the later tourist maps and goes over the tops to Gerakari in the Amari valley. This is an excellent route into the Amari Valley from the Plakias end of Crete and a day or more exploring this valley alone is well worth while. There are several choices of road to exit from the valley and a good choice is to make for Agia Galini after a day in the valley  - ice creams etc - before heading back to Plakias on say the main road - a fairly speedy trip back. There is a back way from Agia Galini via Melambes - but that is another story !!

However the main point in this writing is that last year we discovered an amazing new road. It is (was) not on any maps and by the state of it (excellent but VERY new) we must have been one of the first to drive on it. Gillian suspected something as she was navigating with the map in the Amari valley when she kept seeing signs to Arkadia and even wondered  if somehow we were in the wrong valley. She knew of a famous footpath over high mountains from the Amari Valley to Arkadia Monastry but "knew" there was no road. We turned back and decided to follow one of these signs.  Things did not look good as the road was exceptionally narrow and through a small village (can't remember which one !! - Thronos ??) which had obviously seen very few cars. We were convinced that we were simply following a track to the beginning of the footpath and I was getting panicky re turning the car.

Then suddenly a ginormous road opened up - really wide, really new and we followed it high over the mountains and suddenly found ourselves looking at the Arkadia Monestry. We could hardly believe our eyes. it took no time at all and opens up a completely new and fascinating route from the South to the North of the island. It was late on the last day of our holiday but this year we shall repeat the journey at a leisurely pace and take some photos etc.

John R

roger:
John
 This is extremely useful info and opens up two new possible trips so we will either have to get the car for longer than three days or make some difficult choices - many many thanks.
 As for the new road not on the map , that does not surprise me - given the pace of road developement ,it must be difficult for maps to keep up to date .
 And thanks also for giving me a ready made excuse should my navigation skills come under any criticism at all from the driver !
This time next week we will probably still be at heraklion airport , waiting for our bags or for others going on the coach , and facing a journey probably including a circumlocution of rethymnon and in the heat of the day - not the highlight of the holiday .But the following two weeks will make up for that and the first refreshing pint at the Livicon - which is usually on the house as Dionysos is so good to his regulars in particular - will be especially welcome
 roger

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