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The Private View

Highly

Recommended We asked six staff memBers from the Bluegr
hotels and resorts in Crete to share With

us their most sPeCial, Well-kePt seCrets
By the People of bluegr for the island. here’s What they said.

Illustrations Vladimir Radibratovic

Eirini Belenioti Eleni Kardamaki Sofia Skyvalou Giannis Aleksakis Lampros Tsiampalis Angeliki Tzima
sous MaItrE PErsonalIzEd ExPErIEnCE MaIn rEstaurant waItrEss grooM ChEF Front oFFICE ManagEr
at MInos BEaCh art hotEl sErVICEs at MInos PalaCE at MInos PalaCE at CandIa Park VIllagE at CandIa Park VIllagE
at MInos BEaCh art hotEl
“Minos Beach is designed to offer the “If you love nature, don’t miss the “For anyone who enjoys adventure, “I have a restaurant to recommend “I would like to recommend a stand-
best in tranquility and relaxation, but “the full Cretan experience can be sunrise from a fantastic spot above I’d highly recommend snorkeling because its cooking and hosting up paddleboard (suP) ride from the
what makes us stand out from the rest found in the villages, high up in the kritsa village. as you head uphill around and above the ancient city of philosophy is very close to mine. Psomi Candia Park Village beach down to
is our hotel’s history. you wouldn’t mountains. stop at the “kafeneio” after the village, at about 3km olous. now submerged in the sea, kai alati taverna is inside a beautifully agioi Pantes islet. It doesn’t take too
believe the number of celebrities traditional cafeteria, the heart and towards katharo plateau, the road it was among the five most prominent converted home in Vrouhas village, long, and along the way the view
we have hosted. I would thus invite soul of each settlement. don’t be taken will straighten after a series of hairpin cities of Minoan Crete, had 30,000 just out of Elounda – one to visit if is magnificent. you’ll reach a virgin
guests looking for something special aback when the owner greets you and turns. you’re here! stop to admire the residents and was even mentioned you want to experience pure Cretan beach and have a chance to swim
to enjoy a private dinner right next to asks about you, your family and your entire Mirabello Bay accompanied by homer in the Iliad. Its ruins are hospitality. the hall and patio are in amazing turquoise waters. this
the calm, teal waters of the aegean, country. have a chat and accept his by the early morning smells of the next to the beach at a depth of just peaceful and comfortable, and the food islet takes its name, which means
accompanied by live music and offer of raki and meze. this is pure wild herbs we use in Cretan cooking: a few meters. to get there, head to local and authentic. we call this style “all saints”, from the blue and white
exclusive views of Mirabello Bay. Crete. they might even get you drunk sage, oregano, thyme and summer Elounda, next to the old windmills. creative Cretan and greek cuisine; chapel found at its highest point. no
this is what Maria kallas enjoyed in and tell you about the “panigiri” – the savory. you’ll never forget the sight as for how long it will take, it is up it’s based on local, fresh ingredients people live there, just kri-kri goats – a
the ‘60s, as did famous authors and village’s festival. If you’re lucky, it might of the sunrise from siteia’s mountains, to you – anything from a regular visit and traditional recipes, often given a long-horned species only found on the
historic figures such as walt disney be a “feggarovradia” – a “moon night” casting a red veil all over the sea! you to the beach to hours and hours of creative, contemporary twist. they even island of Crete and its satellite islets.”
and the crew of apollo 11, headed full of mirth up in the woods, where can then continue uphill to katharo underwater discovery.” have vegetarian and vegan options for
by neil armstrong.” locals let loose with music, drinks, food plateau, once the site of an enormous anyone who prefers them.”
and dance well into the early hours.” prehistoric lake.”

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