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Fly Me To The Moon Travel: Crete Beyond the Sun and Sand (part 2)

by Glenn Harris

Crete is a land shaped by millennia of civilisation, where Bronze Age palaces, Venetian fortifications, and working fishing villages coexist with a vibrant contemporary culture. As the largest of the Greek islands, its geography spans over 8,000 square kilometres of rugged mountain ranges and fertile plains.

Fly Me To The Moon is a destination management company operates as a cultural architect, leveraging a vetted network of historians, maritime experts, and hospitality veterans to provide access to the island’s most guarded secrets. This is part 2 of our series on discovering Crete with Fly Me to the Moon Travel, read our first part here. feature on Greece, and Crete in particular, is the ideal destination for the intellectuals and culturally curious travellers. This is the cradle of Europe’s earliest advanced civilization, which flourished around 2000 BCE. Its past remains visible in palaces, harbours, and stone villages. Venetian fortresses line the coast. Ottoman influences linger in architecture and language. Each era has left a clear, legible mark.

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