{"id":10095,"date":"2020-03-10T19:22:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T17:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/five-reasons-to-visit-crete-in-spring\/"},"modified":"2020-03-10T19:22:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T17:22:21","slug":"five-reasons-to-visit-crete-in-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/five-reasons-to-visit-crete-in-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Five reasons to visit Crete in spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The spring season<br \/>\nbeautifies nature<br \/>\nwhy the trees are blooming<br \/>\nand their smell comes out.<\/p>\n<p>An imposing backdrop with the White Mountains and Psiloritis touching the clouds.<br \/>\nIntoxicating walks on wild paths with the aromas of herbs to elevate your senses. Hidden gems, the beaches with the turquoise waters caressing the golden sand. A unique experience, the welcome of the hospitable Cretans. Discover its spring delicacies with a shot of tsikoudia.<\/p>\n<p>1. Journey to Culture. Visit Knossos, tour the Venetian Walls of Heraklion and the Fortezza of Rethymnon, get lost in the alleys of the Old Town of Chania and indulge in the spring breeze of Lake Voulismeni in Agios Nikolaos. Climb up to Dikteo Andro in Lasithi and Idaion Andro on Psiloritis, the caves where the &#8220;Cretan&#8221; Zeus is said to have been born.<\/p>\n<p>2. Journey to Nature. Cross the famous Samaria Gorge and enjoy exotic, heavenly beaches.<\/p>\n<p>3. Journey to Flavours. Crunchy rusks, fresh tomatoes, Cretan myzithra, herbs and plenty of olive oil accompany rich and healthy flavors full of tradition.<\/p>\n<p>4. Journey to the Feast. Easter at the historic Arkadi Monastery, a universal symbol of freedom and self-sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>5. Journey through history. Hiking in Sfakia, where the &#8220;unknown&#8221; Cretan Revolution of 1821 began, freeing the island for a year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spring season beautifies nature why the trees are blooming and their smell comes out. An imposing backdrop with the White Mountains and Psiloritis touching the clouds. Intoxicating walks on wild paths with the aromas of herbs to elevate your senses. Hidden gems, the beaches with the turquoise waters caressing the golden sand. A unique&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,65,27,61,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ellada-365-imeres-diakopes-en","category-thematikos-tourismos-en","category-mi-katigoriopoiimeno","category-proorismi-en","category-taxidi-me-thea-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}