I have a flight booked for May 2021. My visit in Sept 2020 was OK, as it was before the anticipated autumn covid surge. But, who can say what will happen in the next 3 months? Wait and see when the time comes. I have 3 weeks booked and, as of now, changing flights to extend my stay to 4 weeks would ...

Because of complications in travel plans, for the first time in my life I reserved a taxi from airport to Hora Sfakion. The driver warned us about the fine and said police do occasional spot checks. So, wear mask even in taxi. When I returned to Chania I was immediately struck by the number of peopl...

Social distancing in Ag. Roumeli AgRoumeli.JPG This is typical in the morning at any time of year. The lounge chairs started filling between 11-12am. I don't often visit in the autumn. Sea is very warm. You could be in the water for an hour and not get chilled. Fewer daylight hours can be disconcer...

Just about everything was up and running. Although, all that matters for me in Hora Sfakion is Despina's (we all have our priorities). The impact of covid will depend on who you talk to. Generally, there was a reversal of the tourist demographic, with many more Greeks than foreigners (usually the ot...

An animation of the storm's progress (click on 'forward' button, second from left, above the map):

http://poseidon.hcmr.gr/weather_forecast.php?area_id=gr

The Dutch 'code orange' is specifically for the Greek islands: so-called essential travel only, and a 10 day quarantine upon return. This sort of sweeping classification is ridiculous. A few days ago, in the town where I live, a student cafe was discovered to have been the source of about 10 infecti...

Dutch people traveling to Greece will no longer need a mandatory negative corona test from Tuesday, 1st September 2020. I reserved a flight to Chania a couple of days ago, and made a reservation for a PCR test 2 days before departure. This was tedious to work around the timing, given the 72 hour li...

Taff: Yes, by airplane according to this site https://travel.gov.gr/#/ Travelers boarding or embarking on the previous day of the arrival will be allowed to do so upon showing the confirmation email, since they will receive their QR code during their flight or voyage. When you are on the page, scrol...

Thanks for the updates, Erno. As with everyone else, I have had to cancel my trip to Sfakia this month. Or, rather, the trip was cancelled for me. The Dutch public has reacted well to the guidelines for lock down in my corner of The Netherlands. Still, I wouldn't have complained if I had been trappe...

under conditions that have not been clarified The weather was benign yesterday (16th), pleasantly cool for hiking, certainly at 10am. Little wind. Of course, there is no accounting for exact circumstances of accidents. There is noticable effects of the storms, with ground more unstable in some plac...