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A Cretan Odyssey – A Little Bit of Rediance Against a Bluetiful Sea!
Image by antonychammond
Damnoni is located 35km south of Rethymno and 5km east of Plakias. It is a popular tourist resort, very well developed and organized. Damnoni is located at the exit of a large valley, protected by high mountains.
The beach that stretches in front of the resort is a long bay with beautiful turquoise waters and coarse white sand. Here you will find all the services of a very well organized beach like umbrellas, snack bars, showers, changing rooms, water sports, scuba diving centre, great hotels, restaurants, horse riding centre etc. The west end of the beach, the most organized part, has a small river with water all year round. Moreover, there is a tavern in the middle of the beach “drowned” in tamarisk trees. The eastern end of the beach is quieter and is linked with the adjacent beaches of Ammoudi via a short dirt road.
Moreover, beyond the west end of the beach there are several small coves with sand and rocks, where you can get isolated. These are located just next to the small harbor of the area.
For further information please visit www.cretanbeaches.com/Beaches/Rethymnon/damnoni-beach/#ix… and www.hapimag.com/en/offer/resorts-residences/greece/damnon… and www.hapimag.com/en/offer/resorts/greece/damnoni-crete.html
Crete (Greek: Κρήτη, Kríti [‘kriti]; Ancient Greek: Κρήτη, Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece.The capital and the largest city of Crete is Heraklion. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits (such as its own poetry, and music). Crete was once the center of the Minoan civilization (c. 2700–1420 BC), which is currently regarded as the earliest recorded civilization in Europe.
The island is first referred to as Kaptara in texts from the Syrian city of Mari dating from the 18th century BC, repeated later in Neo-Assyrian records and the Bible (Caphtor). It was also known in ancient Egyptian as Keftiu, strongly suggesting some form similar to both was the Minoan name for the island.
The current name of Crete is thought to be first attested in Mycenaean Greek texts written in Linear B, through the words ke-re-te (*Krētes; later Greek: Κρῆτες, plural of Κρής),[4] and ke-re-si-jo (*Krēsijos; later Greek: Κρήσιος), "Cretan". In Ancient Greek, the name Crete (Κρήτη) first appears in Homer’s Odyssey.[8] Its etymology is unknown. One speculative proposal derives it from a hypothetical Luvian word *kursatta (cf. kursawar "island", kursattar "cutting, sliver").[9] In Latin, it became Creta.
The original Arabic name of Crete was Iqrīṭiš (Arabic: اقريطش < (της) Κρήτης), but after the Emirate of Crete’s establishment of its new capital at ربض الخندقRabḍ al-Ḫandaq (modern Iraklion), both the city and the island became known as Χάνδαξ (Khandhax) or Χάνδακας (Khandhakas), which gave Latin and Venetian Candia, from which French Candie and English Candy or Candia. Under Ottoman rule, in Ottoman Turkish, Crete was called Girit (كريت).
For more information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete
Mexico-5649 – Here Comes the Sun…….
Image by archer10 (Dennis) (70M Views)
PLEASE, no multi invitations in your comments. DO NOT FEEL YOU HAVE TO COMMENT.Thanks.
Finally the sun comes out from hiding.
Fishing Port – Boltenhagen (Panorama)
Image by Kliefi
Fischereihafen Tarnewitzer Hütten
This is the "new" fishing port of Boltenhagen (quite small). It has a long and old tradition.
Nearby the port the sand of the beach is white and the sky is more blue than somewhere else….usually.
Look here…
When you walk down the pier at the right side along the small red shanty of the fishermen you reach the point from where I was shooting my previous photos.
Two fishermen can be seen in front of you at the left side. You can buy your daily fresh fish from them directly, stored in these colored boxes.
The complete Marina in Boltenhagen is brandnew and opened its doors this April/May 2008 in conjuntion with the large first class comfortable ***** hotel "Iberotel" and the Familyappartments of "Dorfhotel"
The name of this place is called "Weiße Wiek"< (engl.White Wiek)
This is a "Panorama" made of 4 single photos only.
I recommend to watch it in LARGE ……..and then press PF11 for "Fullscreen".