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It has always been a pet peeve of mine to go to tourist places in the off-season, so I couldn’t resist visiting Crete in winter. Maybe it’s because I’ve always lived in the Riviera Romagnola and I don’t find winter so terrible at home, on the contrary.
The beaches of Falasarna and Elafonissi
With the rental car I had already procured, I planned to go and see two of the most renowned places on the island: the famous beaches of Falasarna and Elafonissi.
The idea of arriving there early with no one else there, when these are famous for being crowded in the summer, tickled me quite a bit. The day was clear and crystal clear, for the winding road through the mountains I met many goats and two young deer probably amazed to see a human being so early on the morning of January 1.
Already seeing it from above is a spectacle, walking in Falasarna beach is even more so. the same I must say of Elafonissi where arriving there later I found a few more humans. In the first beach, on the other hand, it was just me and a cat taking a bidet. Elafonissi, not far away, is famous for the color of its sand , which is pink.
As a teenager, thanks to the memorable song Rapput by the very young Claudio Bisio and Rocco Tanica, I had formed a very stereotypical image of the Greek islands, which change so much in high and low seasons anyway. I prefer them with few people.
Home set of travel The scent of the Mediterranean islands
Previous stop Visiting Crete in winter and Athens
Next stop The palace of Knossos; hard to be gay on an ‘island
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