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There are numerous
islands of the Aegean sea in fact more than a thousand of them.
Some are isolated in the south like Crete
with its mysterious history trough the centuries
.Others, in groups like the islands of the north-east Aegean, the Sporades,
the Cyclades and the Dodecanese.
The Cyclades consist of 39 islands of which, only 24 are inhabited main activity
is fishing and sail yacht sailing ,chartering yachting, holiday yacht rental
for bareboat sailing in Greece. The Sporades lie off the eastern shores of mainland
Greece and Euboea (Evia).
The vacation holidays are best enjoyed
with a nice yacht sailing charter cruise rent a new yacht to sail under the
blue skies of aegean.
On all the islands, the inhabitants retain
their genuine island characteristics and unchanged local traditions. The Dodecanese
group consists of twelve major islands with a number of smaller ones,
each with its own distinctive features and peculiarities.
Finally, there is the Saronic Gulf which
is the stretch of sea linking the shores of Attica to those of the Peloponnese.
Here, you can find another group of islands which adds even more variety to
the beautiful surroundings.
Sailing the Aegean and visiting the small
ports, the quiet beaches is an experience you will have only once in a lifetime.
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Vegetation and variations in climate
are dependent on geographical
regions. The multiplicity of plants is exceptional with some 6,000 indigenous
species having been recorded so far. Over 250 of these flourish in Crete alone.
This impressive abundance of flora and fauna
arises from Greece's unique geographical location between Europe and Africa.
The plants which
are associated with the joys of life can be seen in the countless vineyards,
which can be found throughout the country.
The trees are of medium height and vary from
pine, oak, fir, olive and mulberry trees to citrus fruit and palm trees.
The climate
is for the most part, mediterranean with mild winters. The subtropical, warm
summers are cooled by a system of seasonal breezes, popularly called the "Meltemia".
But the outstanding feature of Greece's climate
is the sunshine. On average, the sun shines for 3,000 hours per year !
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The scenery is constantly changing. In one place harsh and barren, in another wooded and gentle. Its villages smothered in greenery.
Olive trees, orange groves, vineyards, early vegetable market gardens. Old stone farmhouses, monasteries and villages perched on mountain ridges, castles and chapels forgotten on steep slopes. Shores lined with forbidding rocks, often inaccessible, but also lots of endless sandy or pebbly beachesand calm seas with sail yacht sailing chartering yachting greece.
Crete
is famous for the variety of its vegetation and the wildlife in its chestnut,
oak and cypress forests. Not to mention its palm forests (at Vai and Preveli)
and its cedar forests (at Gavdos and Hrissi).
Medicinal herbs and fragrant shrubs - laudanum,
dittany, marjoram and thyme - grow in rocky areas and the mountain tops are
home to the "kri-kri" or Cretan goat.
The main cities-ports on Crete - Hania, Rethimno, Iraklio, Agios Nikolaos, Sitia- all grew up on the north side, which is more benign topographically. Ierapetra is the only port on the south coast, on the shores of the Libyan Sea, facing Africa.
This
island with its clear, warm sea, boundless beaches lined with tamarisks, splendid
plateaus and mild starry nights has more to offer than its past, its gorges,
unskilled peaks and climate.
Today it continues to live fully and to develop,
its cities particularly changing in appearance from one day to the next, in
contrast to the many unchanging villages where life goes on in the same rhythm
it has for centuries.
There are hundreds of cafes where one
can sit in the shade of a spreading plane, oak or mulberry tree and sip a "sweat"
or "medium" coffee, or a glass of "tsikoudia" (raki) while playing a game of
cards or "tavli" (backgammon).
There are dozens of tavernas and ouzeries serving some tasty "meze", a specialty of the area. Yogurt and honey, sweet tarts (kaltzounia), pies made of wild greens flavored with fennel, fried cheese (staka), rabbit stew, cheese pie from Hora Sfakion, cockles, boiled goat. In the city of Hania, at Malaxa, at Vrisses, and other villages in the area, in Rethimno, in Iraklio and its villages, and in the whole district of Lassithi. Fish, sea urchins, octopus and cuttlefish cooked on charcoal and fried squid to be tasted at seaside tavernas.
And everywhere the delectable Cretan wine. Every saint's feastday is celebrated with gusto at dozens of villages throughout the island; all Crete throbbing to the sound of the Cretan lyre and the rhythm of the local dances, the pentozali and the sousta. Meanwhile the housewives are preparing a steamed Cretan pilaff and special holiday fritters (xerotigana).
In
the shop windows of bustling Iraklio, cosmopolitan Agios Nikolaos, picturesque
Rethimno, and Hania, elegant furs, precious jewelry and artistic silverware
attract the visitor's attention.
In the shops of lovely Sitia and tranquil
Ierapetra and in mountainous Anogia one is impressed by the spread out patanies,
traditional local woven fabrics in dazzling colors, and everywhere one sees
skillfully crafted ceramics and leather goods. In the "Stivanadika" district
of Hania (Skridlof St.) traditional boots (stivania) are still made in the old-fashioned
way, because though it may seem strange even today there are Cretans who still
wear their traditional costume.
In the marketplace of the same city, the
only one of its kind, but also in similar shops all over the island, every kind
of food, fruit and vegetable produced in the fertile valleys, hot houses and
mountain regions, is laid out on display.
Exotic avocados, Belgian endive and bananas,
juicy oranges and fragrant melons, succulent figs and tasty prickly pears, delicious
grapes, sweet tomatoes, tender cucumbers, fresh-watering sardines, tempting
lobster, kid from the islet of Gavdos, honey perfumed with thyme, and wonderful
cheeses - graviera (gruyere), myzithra (ricotta), fresh white cheese, and soft,
luscious staka. This is CRETE charter a sailboat
and visit all around the wonderful pearl of the Aegean.
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