Crete > Crete Experience

Advantages: Great for the young and partying
Disadvantages: Not good for families and sightseeing

Not long been back from holiday and you know what..after going to malia ican say hands down i am bored with going out in england as it does not compare to the brilliance that is malia! Obviously this type of holiday does kinda determine the type of person/age you are for example. If you enjoy getting extremely drunk, dancing all night, sleeping most the day, getting a great suntan, checking out lots of ladies then this is for you! If your looking ...
...The rest of crete is fine for this just not malia. I took £800 which was ab out 970 euros for 2 weeks and i took home 200 euros. You can quite easily do the holiday on £600 if you wanted but i decided to take more. Most breakfasts consist of the same, but price varies from 2.90 euroes to 9 euros depending on what you want. Loads of cheap deals on brekkie tho soo its awesome! Lunch is fine, most places you can pick up a cheap bite for around 5 euros. ... Read review

Advantages: Enjoyable place and people
Disadvantages: Very hot in peak summer

...first time I went to Crete I loved it, its different from other placed in the med in so far as it has not changed much in the last 10 -20 years, there are plenty of good village life experiences. You can buy the cheapest hol package around, get to your first night package accom over with, then travel the island via B & B s,(very cheap) its just great. Spilli is one of my favourite inland towns, the mountain water is delish, a little cafeteria near ...
...friendly on this island (the largest in the Greek assortment) a must to visit. Ive been 5 times and still not explored all the island, beware of the driver road sense be on your guard, but do not let this put you off. PS do the Samaria gorge walk, its an experiance you will behold. ... Read review

Advantages: Plenty of restaurants, good bus service, but still places to find peace and quite.
Disadvantages: transfer from airport due to the amount of drop offs took 1.5 hours

...There any many restaurants in Stalis and also 20 minutes walk away in Malia. Our favourite place to eat is in old Malia as it is very pretty at night especially when all the fairy lights are on around the old restaurants. We like San Georgio's and also Elizabeth Stabilos which are lovely pretty restaurants and the food is excellent and you feel you are eating somewhere really special and romantic. We did not book any of the reps tours and chose to ...
...there are plenty of shops, bars and restaurants there. On the headland there is a bizantine church and you are able to visit free and see the mozaics. We also went by bus to Agios Nicholias which is very pretty and there are plenty of shops and boats trips. We went by boat to Spinalonga island which was used as a leper colony until 1959. The trip lasted 4 hours stopping off for a 20 minute swim, tour around the island by boat and then a one hour ... Read review

Advantages: Picturesque, friendly, great weather
Disadvantages: Nightlife fairly quiet

...and food it offers. Aghios Nikolaos (AgNik) is no exception to the rule. We booked thorugh Kosmar to stay in the Dilina Rooms on a bed and breakfast basis. On first approaching the 'hotel' in the middle fo the night we were quite worried that it was a bit of a shed, however, after sleeping then waking in the morning for breakfast we were warmly welcomed by the owners - Nikki and her husband ( I forgot his name). Breakfast consisted of bread and ...
...drink. One day a week Nikki went to market and served fruits and on a Sunday she brought some different breads from church. The personal touch was really sweet. At the welcome meeting we discovered that the owners were actually famous across the island for their dancing - in the breakfast room downstairs they would hold massive dance events and cram locals and tourists in, serve wine and home cooked foods. There are various cuttings on the wall ... Read review

Advantages: Drinking from 10pm til 7am :p
Disadvantages: Not much to do during the day

Malia! WOW! Just came back from a holiday in Malia Crete, 8 of us guys went for 2 weeks (which is to long btw) and had an awesome time :D If your after ANYTHING from a holiday other than sun, sex and nightlife then simply dont go to Malia lol... thats ALL there is to do there- but like us 8 lads that was all we wanted! The place itself is unusual the town only lives for the night and that doesnt start out there til 12 midnight- during the day ...
...pool and there is simply nothing else to do- we were there for 2weeks and we went water park twice and a Cruise other than that ever day was the same! Food is great out there, hotel food is horrible but if you eat out a meal and a drink is only about 10euros, and at brekie you can get a 2.90euros from almost everywhere! During the day finding things to fill your time with is difficult- theres a few shops out there that sell day trips to water parks, ... Read review