Hi all,
We are 3 young Canadian travellers staying for the first 2 weeks of August in Crete. In our plan so far, we have already booked accommodations to spend exactly one week each in both Chania and Heraklion. We will have a rental car for the entirety of the trip, and our budget is quite generous as we have been saving since the beginning of our senior year of university for a Grad Trip that unfortunately did not happen due to the early days of the Pandemic.
I am a fan of RS, but from browsing this forum in the recent months leading up to our trip, I can tell the demographics are a bit on the older side simply by reading the posts and comments. An odd point some may think to bring up, but I thought it important to note, as we are less interested in spending our days in museums, but more so to enjoy beaches (i.e. Elafonsi), lively scenes (Beach bars near Heraklion), and good physical activities (i.e. Samaria Gorge hikes).
Why did we pick Crete as opposed to Mykonos or Santorini? We thought Crete would be better because we are still somewhat wary of Covid, so we wanted to go somewhere which had a bit of everything and a fulsome experience, as opposed to just partying and drinking with a bunch of people so close around you as you would typically do at a place like Mykonos.
In short, we really would welcome any suggestions or ideas. Especially for the Heraklion portion of the trip, where we see less research.