Crete
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Bursting with personal knowledge and practical information from the prolific authors Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls, plus fully updated by a writer with intimate local knowledge
Full information on Crete s ancient sites, and a guide to the best beaches
Complete with 21 easy-to-use maps and site plans, 320 hand-picked places to stay, and over 290 recommendations for bars, cafés and restaurants
Explores every inch of the island from fabled Minoan sites to Byzantine frescoes
Discover a wealth of hidden treasures, from old Venetian cities, intimate coves and beaches reachable only by track and boat, and spectacular sheer-sided gorges filled with wildflowers and herbs
Detailed historical coverage of the home of Europe s earliest civilization
Bursting with personal knowledge and practical information from the prolific authors Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls, plus fully updated by a writer with intimate local knowledge
Full information on Crete s ancient sites, and a guide to the best beaches
Complete with 21 easy-to-use maps and site plans, 320 hand-picked places to stay, and over 290 recommendations for bars, cafés and restaurants
Explores every inch of the island from fabled Minoan sites to Byzantine frescoes
Discover a wealth of hidden treasures, from old Venetian cities, intimate coves and beaches reachable only by track and boat, and spectacular sheer-sided gorges filled with wildflowers and herbs
Detailed historical coverage of the home of Europe s earliest civilization
Excerpt: The Elixir of Life
In the Second World War, Greece suffered a higher percentage of civilian casulties than any other country; in 1941-42 up to half a million people starved to death, and some 25,000 were killed in the resistance, often in the horrific reprisals taken by the Nazis. Crete, in particular, saw some of the fiercest resistance and suffered some of the worst deprivations, yet in 1947, when researchers for the Rockefeller Foundation arrived on the island to study the health of the population, they were astonished. In spite of the privations of the war and their ‘primitive’ life, men in their 90s were still climbing mountains.
In 1956, the Foundation launched a 15-year study in seven countries (Japan, Finland, Yugoslavia, the USA, Holland, Italy, and the Greek islands of Corfu and Crete) to compare diet and the incidence of cardiovascular disease and cancer. ...click here to read the rest
Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls can be reached at: michel.pauls@wanadoo.fr
