Today, we head back to Heraklion and have some stops along the way.
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| Big sea turtle we saw at the harbour |
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| Chania harbour |
We wandered the Chania harbour before heading to Kounis Lake. Kounis Lake was mentioned by the car rental person that helped out when we rented our car in Heraklion. Kounis Lake is a nice lake which is slightly off the highway and is away from most tourists it seems.
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| Lamb on top, tomato soup top right, boiled veggies bottom |
A short walk away, you can rent a paddle boat and you pay by time, costing us 10 euros per hour at the time. We only did 30 minutes since we were a bit tired from the hike the previous day and we paid 5 euros at the end. There are supposed to be lots of turtles and goldfish in the lake, however, we only saw one turtle and one goldfish. Before you begin, make sure to ask them where to go to see wildlife. The water is fairly shallow and you can see the bottom for most of it.
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| Kounis Lake |
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| Turtles! At Kounis Lake |
Included with this is a 10% coupon at the local souvenir shop and a free orange juice from the tavern that we ate at which was a nice surprise for us.
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| Monastery of Arkadi |
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| Monastery of Arkadi |
After that we went to the Monastery of Arkadi which is a fairly nice place. It cost us 3 euros to enter. We spent about an hour there, your time spent is dependent on your interest. You get to walk through most of the place.
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| Rooftop pool at GDM Megaron |
Next stop, Heraklion! We made it to our next hotel, GDM Megaron which is a very nice looking hotel and the staff probably thought we didn't belong since everyone was very well dressed inside. At the reception, they have a lot of homemade cookies, so enjoy!
We went back to the hotel to rest due to our long day in the car. Tomorrow, we visit Knossos.
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