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UK airline Monarch have added two additional twice-weekly scheduled flights to Heraklion airport from London Gatwick and Birmingham. The new services, which commence operations on 1st May, join the existing scheduled service b ...
5 days ago
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Videos of Makrigialos and south east Crete. You can view the best production quality videos right here from this page, or see a growing catalog of videos on the South East Crete Holidays YouTube Channel where the following play ...
32 days ago
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The main port of entry is Heraklion, and direct flights operate to there from many UK and continental European airports during the summer season (approximately April to October). Outside of the summer season, flights are available to Heraklion via A ...
33 days ago
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For a more leisurely arrival in Crete, a number of ferry services are available. Direct services between Pireus (the port of Athens, port code TZE) and Heraklion (HCR) are run by a number of companies. The service is frequent and comparatively fast, ...
33 days ago
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Bus travel in Crete, operated by KTEL, is inexpensive, clean, comfortable and safe, using a fleet of modern coaches. Travel from and to Heraklion, with a stop at the airport, is via Ierapetra, where there is a change of bus. It is also possible ...
33 days ago
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Kalamokania beach is a shingle/sandy beach, separated from the main beach by a headland, and serviced by two restaurants providing sunbeds and umbrellas for hire. The beach can be reached on foot by following the paved coast road up ...
34 days ago
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The main beach in the area, the blue-flag accredited sandy strip stretches nearly a kilometre (half a mile) from the harbour. The exceptionally shallow waters are particularly popular with young families, and there are&nbs ...
34 days ago
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The blue-flag Lagoufa beach is a small, deep sandy cove (actually two coves separated by a small rocky headland) at the eastern end of Makrigialos. The beaches serve the two hotel complexes that sit above them, with refreshments ava ...
34 days ago
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Diaskari beach, pictured here in peak season 2010, is another quiet beach, just beyond Makrigialos' eastern end, and separated from the main bay shoreline by a large headland. It can be reached by car or on foot (via the roads). The ...
34 days ago
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Lagada beach is quiet beach situated to the east of Makrigialos. The nearest amenities are provided by a single taverna located a short walk over a headland and along the length of the neighbouring Diaskari beach. Bay View Resort, a ...
34 days ago
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Makrigialos is a small, unspoiled beach resort on the south-east coast of Crete, some 45 miles (70km) from the tourist hotspots of Elounda and Agios Nikolaos, and a world removed from the frenetic pace of Malia. It has a permanent ...
34 days ago
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Influenced by its proximity to north Africa, and sheltered by a mountainous hinterland, Makry-Gialos lays claim to its own micro-climate and better than average weather. The small south east coast resort is one of the few locations on Crete wher ...
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