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 The after season is an excellent time to visit Crete. The months September until the end of the year still offer pleasant weather. A nice time to explore the island, do walks in nature or just spend a quiet holiday.
This time of the year is harvest season on Crete. The trees are full with oranges, lemons, olives and grapes. This gives you the opportunity to see by yourself what makes the "Cretan" diet so healthy. Olive presses are working. The grapes are pressed and the wine is stored in the barrels. It is also the time when the famous Cretan "Raki' is made.
In the summer it is sometimes to warm on Crete for walks and cycling. The after season is excellent for this kind of activities. Also exploring the island and visit all the famous places by car, is a loved activity this time of the year.
Because the after season has lower prices for accommodation and flights, you can have a top-class holiday even with a smaller budget.
If you want to know more about Crete in the fall / winter, then please read our online-magazine. It contains also a selection of the best accommodations to stay. |
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 We realise that as individuals we are all very different and as such require different types of holiday, so we have sought to offer plenty of choice, covering a great variety of accommodation styles and locations. The Smart Holidays portfolio ranges from old residences of character set in dramatic surroundings, village houses, cottages, windmills, hewn stone houses, seashore properties, to ultra modern luxury villas offering the height of comfort. We try to give a clear description of each property, its type of location, and distances to local amenities and to the beach.
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 We place a high value in providing the kind of holiday conditions to allow you to thoroughly relax, and which will engender a sense of well being and offer you a truly pleasurable and memorable holiday in Crete.
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 Think summer with Smart-Holidays. If you have never visited Crete before then maybe this year is your chance to discover the beauty, sunny weather, best tasting food and the friendly atmosphere. For those who where on Crete before...well, you know what we are talking about.
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Crete is the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean with a land mass of approximately 8,331sqm. It is 255 km long and varies between 12 km and 56 km in width and there is one place in eastern Crete where one can see both the Cretan and Libyan seas. The island is divided into four administrative regions, known as Nomos, Chania in the West, Rethymnon and Heraklion in the Centre of Crete and Lassithi in the East. The magnificent landscape of Crete is very mountainous with great gorges, caves and high plains. There are four mountain ranges, the Ida mountains in central Crete (2,456m high), the Lefka Ori or the White Mountains (2,452m high) in the west, the Dikti Mountains (2,148m high) and the Sitia Mountains (1,476m high in the east of the island.
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Smart Holidays for some years was the trading name of a tourism product developed by Minotours Hellas, Rethymno Tours, and Kalamaki Travel in Crete. Currently, aiming at providing a better service to its clients, the three offices have formed a new company under the same name which is operating from its head office in Rethymnon.
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