Crete #07 At the Hotel Creta Panorama

Last blog post about our holiday in Crete....

The flight to Crete

 

 

First Evening

 

Around the Hotel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Evening Entertainment by the 'Animation Team' - 

performing extracts from 'Moulin Rouge'....

 

 

 

 

Evening entertainment - 'Posh Do'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AQUAROBICS - 'every day, just for the girls'

 

 

The Last evening in Crete ....

Crete #06 Trip to Spinalonga

The island of Spinalonga was used as a leper colony from 1903 to 1957. It is notable for being one of the last active leper colonies in Europe. The last inhabitant, a priest, left the island in 1962. Today, the uninhabited island is a popular tourist attraction in Crete. 

Spinalonga featured in the British television series Who Pays the Ferryman?. It is also the setting for the 2005 novel The Island by Victoria Hislop (*), the story of a family's ties to the leper colony; the book was adapted for television by Mega Channel Greece.

The day out included a bus journey with a stop at a lovely village and two trips by boat, one to Spinalonga and the other to a beach where we had a BBQ lunch and a stop for tea at a large resort.

(*) Wife of Private eye editor / part of 'Have I got news for you' Ian Hislop

 

On Spinalonga .....

 

Our Guide for the Day

 

Beach BBQ and the Boat Trips

 

 view of Spinalonga from the boat

 

Stop for Tea ....