Introduction Visiting Spinalonga takes some planning, because the island is open only part of the year and has very limited facilities. It opens daily from 1 April to 31 October and closes through the winter. A standard entrance ticket costs 20 euros, 10 euros reduced, paid on the island and separate from the boat fare. […]
Introduction Spinalonga is small enough to walk in under two hours, and a single loop takes you past everything worth seeing on the island. A Venetian fortress, an Ottoman town, a leper colony and a cemetery sit layered on one another. What to see on Spinalonga is, in effect, roughly 400 years of history compressed […]
Introduction There is only one answer on how to get to Spinalonga: by boat. Three departure points on the northeast coast of Crete serve the island, Plaka, Elounda and Agios Nikolaos, and the crossing takes from about 10 minutes to more than an hour, depending on where you start. The island sits in the Gulf […]