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PlakChat / Re: Long absence
« Last post by Barny on August 27, 2025, 01:57:26 PM »Hi Mike
It's certainly changed.
For the best? in my opinion. No.
Barny.
It's certainly changed.
For the best? in my opinion. No.
Barny.
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PlakChat / May / June
« Last post by Barny on August 27, 2025, 09:37:05 AM »Hi Gang,
Just back from Plakias, two weeks in August. Very busy compared to previous visits at the same times, far end full by 11:30, Antonis very busy at lunchtimes, strange for that time of year.
Did anyone visit this year around May / June times and could comment on how busy it was then and how the climate was?
Barny.
Just back from Plakias, two weeks in August. Very busy compared to previous visits at the same times, far end full by 11:30, Antonis very busy at lunchtimes, strange for that time of year.
Did anyone visit this year around May / June times and could comment on how busy it was then and how the climate was?
Barny.
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Plakias / Re: Kourtaliotiko Gorge
« Last post by kokkinos vrachos on August 20, 2025, 08:41:12 AM »Kalimera, however, the deputy governor of Rethymno, Maria Lioni, believes that the only permanent solution is to build a tunnel. In an interview with Skai radio station, she emphasised that the area is now under considerable strain and that, unlike in the past, the road is used by tens of thousands of people ? both locals and visitors. In the local newspaper Rethymniotika Nea, she emphasised that although the tunnel construction would incur considerable costs ? estimated at around 70 million euros ? its implementation was ?urgently necessary, as there is no other way to guarantee safe travel.?
https://www.griechenland.net/nachrichten/chronik/36748-kourtaliotis-schlucht-auf-kreta-tunnel-soll-f%C3%BCr-sicherheit-sorgen
Best regards from Hamburg, kv
https://www.griechenland.net/nachrichten/chronik/36748-kourtaliotis-schlucht-auf-kreta-tunnel-soll-f%C3%BCr-sicherheit-sorgen
Best regards from Hamburg, kv
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PlakChat / Re: Free walking guides
« Last post by Mike from Sussex on August 05, 2025, 10:34:27 PM »Hi Chris,
I'm sure you're younger than me!
My eyesight was deteriorating fast, but I had cataract surgery earlier this year and am now glasses free with the vision I had in my teens.
All the best, Mike
I'm sure you're younger than me!
My eyesight was deteriorating fast, but I had cataract surgery earlier this year and am now glasses free with the vision I had in my teens.
All the best, Mike
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PlakChat / Long absence
« Last post by Mike from Sussex on August 05, 2025, 10:22:52 PM »Hi Ploppy. I?m back on the forum after several years. Pot and kettle I know, but I?m amazed at how few of the old regulars are still posting.
I suppose I should explain my absence. We were intending to visit in 2019, but our daughter, who has an auto immune condition, experienced a downturn, needing crutches to walk, and we stayed home to support her. When lockdown was announced we realised she could not stay in her first floor flat when we would not be able to visit, so took her back into our home. She continued to deteriorate, so could not return to her flat and we were her carers for the last five years. ESCC finally (!) found her a flat designed for the disabled with carer support earlier this year.
Plakias is now calling, but I am concerned after catching up with the forum. Our favourite place to stay demolished, many of our eateries closed and kokkinos vrachos? comments on prices and portions are concerning. Change is inevitable, but have we been away so long that we would not recognise today?s Plakias?
Mike
I suppose I should explain my absence. We were intending to visit in 2019, but our daughter, who has an auto immune condition, experienced a downturn, needing crutches to walk, and we stayed home to support her. When lockdown was announced we realised she could not stay in her first floor flat when we would not be able to visit, so took her back into our home. She continued to deteriorate, so could not return to her flat and we were her carers for the last five years. ESCC finally (!) found her a flat designed for the disabled with carer support earlier this year.
Plakias is now calling, but I am concerned after catching up with the forum. Our favourite place to stay demolished, many of our eateries closed and kokkinos vrachos? comments on prices and portions are concerning. Change is inevitable, but have we been away so long that we would not recognise today?s Plakias?
Mike
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PlakChat / Free walking guides
« Last post by harribobs on July 17, 2025, 09:07:19 PM »Three free walking guides to Crete, Sunflower guide to western and easter Crete, Ciccerone guide to the high mountains, aqll in good condition and in English. Bad eyesight and old age means I would like to pass these on, I require only postage
Regards to all
Chris
Regards to all
Chris
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Plakias / Re: Kourtaliotiko Gorge
« Last post by kokkinos vrachos on July 16, 2025, 11:40:09 AM »400,000 euros approved for repairing damage to Kourtaliotiko Gorge - In the tender phase the study for the tunnel
"The Ministry of National Economy and Finance approved the allocation of a credit of 400,000 euros for the implementation of the project: "Restoration of losses from landslides and falls on the provincial road 9 (in section 1 of the study), Kourteliotis Gorge, P.E. Rethymno" from the special Natural Disaster program. The work to be carried out include, as a matter of priority, the removal of unsafe rocky tumors at particularly dangerous points of the route, with the aim of restoring traffic safety and preventing accidents."
Furthermore, the realisation/study of a tunnel is planned.
https://www.neakriti.gr/kriti/rethymno/2128077_rethymno-egkrithikan-400000-eyro-gia-apokatastasi-zimion-sto-koyrtaliotiko
Best regards from Hamburg, kv
"The Ministry of National Economy and Finance approved the allocation of a credit of 400,000 euros for the implementation of the project: "Restoration of losses from landslides and falls on the provincial road 9 (in section 1 of the study), Kourteliotis Gorge, P.E. Rethymno" from the special Natural Disaster program. The work to be carried out include, as a matter of priority, the removal of unsafe rocky tumors at particularly dangerous points of the route, with the aim of restoring traffic safety and preventing accidents."
Furthermore, the realisation/study of a tunnel is planned.
https://www.neakriti.gr/kriti/rethymno/2128077_rethymno-egkrithikan-400000-eyro-gia-apokatastasi-zimion-sto-koyrtaliotiko
Best regards from Hamburg, kv
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Plakias / Re: The Kotsifou Gorge has been closed since March 13, 2024 due to a landslide
« Last post by DandC on July 14, 2025, 04:11:00 PM »all ok now - both gorges open (as of 7 July)
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Plakias / Re: Kourtaliotiko Gorge
« Last post by DandC on July 14, 2025, 04:10:09 PM »Both gorges now open - we were there 23 Jun - 7 Jul