We decided to leave “our shelter”, the peaceful and calm beach of Myrtos, hoping that the windstorm would be gone. It was not. As soon as we left behind us the last houses of Myrtos, we realized that the wind which we thought it had calmed down, just kept blowing. We chose to stick to our plan and continue further east; of course we had no clue about what would happen later in the evening.
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The shelters of South-East Crete
After so many days in tranquility, it’s our turn to experience the windy face of Crete. You may have read or heard that you should be prepared to encounter wind in Crete (and generally in the islands of the Aegean sea), but it is rarely mentioned that the wind, especially the northern one, the Meltemi, could be so fierce, that it is almost impossible to endure it. As this was our case, we had to find a solution!
Crete: Gortys and its laws
Concluding our tour in the past of Messara’s plain, we headed east to the archaeological site of Gortyn, located 15 km from of the Palace of Phaestos and 18km from the Royal Villa of Agia Triada. Surprise! Unlike to what happened at these sites, where all their treasures were transferred to the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, one of the most impressive find of the excavation of Gortyn is still here. Maybe it was too heavy for transportation…