Sfakia ...more on Sfakia.

Here you are mainly addressed as a person, as an honored guest, not as an exchange bearer!

People here make a living, a hard one maybe, in ways not necessarily crossing your path; they like to look you straight in the eyes! You discover the real meaning of the Greek word Symposium (drinking together and exchanging views) when, in a local, low-priced taverna, you find yourself drinking together with local people who treat you as a friend and spin a yarn or two for you. You forget about cardiac diseases while enjoying the Cretan Cuisine based on local olive oil, goat meat, and herbs and drinking the local Tsikoudia. You enjoy drinking water directly from the spring, and you understand why the Modern Greek word for water is “nero” short for “nearo” which means “fresh!” You will find yourself laughing out loud if later, back home, you are asked whether the beaches you swam at have been rewarded with the European Blue Flag! Our beaches here are not subject to measurements, they set the standards!