AboutDenny Expertise Greece on a budget, The Islands, Mainland, Athens and its burbs. For the basics on getting around...maybe I can help...I go there yearly and you can`t be as cheap as me .
Experience Worked & lived in Athens area for 5 years. (78-83 Was AFRS Radio Announcer (Denny West)at the time. Last visit: Mar/Sep 2005.
Expert: Denny Date: 6/9/2007 Subject: about trip to Itly and greece
Question QUESTION: Dear Mr. Denny
Hi ! I am Bakul Shah from India.
We are a group of 40 persons. We have a plan to visit Crete Island from 10th November to 24th November. We would like to visit main land Greece like Athens also
We had booked Leonie residency, Crete and Sun beach club at Rhodes Island
We would like to visit Italy also. Do you have any idea about going Crete from Italy? What would be approximately cost? Can you suggest good iternery
We are pure vegetarian (we are not eating eggs also). Could we have vegetarian food over there?
Regards.
Bakul Shah
ANSWER: yiasou Bakul, thankyou for the question,
Vegans and Vegetarians can make do in Greece IF they do not mind making a meal of APPETIZERS...Greenbeans (fah-so-LAH-kia), Greek salad (ho-ree-ah-tee-KEE), spinach pie (spa-na-KO-pee-ta), and boiled greens (hor-TAH), ASK BEFORE YOU ORDER. AS Many seemingly vegetarian entrees (like the myriad of stuffed vegetables) can contain meat. CRETE is noted for fish, meat and dairy products as opposed to Northern Greece where there is a large MUSLIM populace and HALAL restaruants are not that rare.
try the site www.vrg.org/travel ...might be of assistance.
In November IF the weather is good...you may be able to catch a ferry from KASTELI in the far western part of Crete that will take you very cheaply to GYTHION in the Southern Peleponesse...(10-Euro)2 1/2 hr trip. From there you will have to trek across the Peleponesse by bus to PATRA and from there to Brindisi or Bari. Ask as agent in Hereklion or Chania if the ferry still sails at that time of the year.
(sometimes they cut back due to lack of PAX going).
The normal way would be to go ANEK lines out of Chania in Souda Bay area (Western Crete) or Hereklion in the North central portion of Crete...Nightly ships sail (when Weather permits) to PIRAEUS...(board about 7 depart 8 and arrive around 5 AM in Piraeus)...From there you would have to TRAIN (or bus) 4-hours accross Peleponesse to Patra and make the connection to Italy as stated. Probably looking at 100-Euro each for the total Crete-Piraeus-Patra-Brindisi(Bari).
Or you can fly to Athens and then onto Rome, as flights will be easy to get in the late fall months...but the price will probably be triple to Roma.
Save a great trip
Calh taxiedi
DENNY
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QUESTION: Dear Mr Denny
Thanks lot for prompt and excellent guidence. I wish to know how would be the weather during month of November in crete. Pls note that we had booked hotel in west crete.
Is there any Travel Agency in Athens who would provide us services in athens like Hotel booking , Sightseeing , transfers ? what would be cost of all inclusive cost for 1 night stay
Answer Yiasou Bakul, thanks for the question,
Weather in Western Crete in November is apt to be 'chilly'. Day time in the 50's and nites into the lover 40's....mare likely to have cloudy skies and showers then sunny and warm...however, there are times when in November with the sun hi in the sky, that a 70 is still possible. That's 'F' not 'C'...
Let be check on booking in Athens for you and get back to you in about 24-hours...
