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Have any of you "enjoyed" a Cretan Night while in Heraklion? My travel
agent says it is a night out with food specialities and wine included
for 36 E. I would like to taste the specialities of Crete but this
sounds like a typical tourist thing.
thanks in advance,
Carolyn


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"carolyn" wrote in message
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Have any of you "enjoyed" a Cretan Night while in Heraklion? My travel
agent says it is a night out with food specialities and wine included
for 36 E. I would like to taste the specialities of Crete but this
sounds like a typical tourist thing.
thanks in advance,

Yeh, it does. Avoid those like the plague. Ye Gods, for 36E in Crete, you
can eat and drink like a King independently. Just need to chat around the
locals to find a good genuine place.
(But I wouldn't look for it in Heraklion! Try Rethymno or Chana).

Surreyman

"carolyn" wrote in message
...

Have any of you "enjoyed" a Cretan Night while in Heraklion? My travel
agent says it is a night out with food specialities and wine included
for 36 E. I would like to taste the specialities of Crete but this
sounds like a typical tourist thing.
thanks in advance,

Yeh, it does. Avoid those like the plague. Ye Gods, for 36E in Crete, you
can eat and drink like a King independently. Just need to chat around the
locals to find a good genuine place.
(But I wouldn't look for it in Heraklion! Try Rethymno or Chana).

Surreyman

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:12:34 +0000, carolyn wrote
(in article ):


Have any of you "enjoyed" a Cretan Night while in Heraklion? My travel
agent says it is a night out with food specialities and wine included
for 36 E. I would like to taste the specialities of Crete but this
sounds like a typical tourist thing.
thanks in advance,
Carolyn


I am told by devotees of the package holiday to Greece that a 'Greek' or in
your case 'Cretan' night is always included as an optional extra. Apparently
it usually consists of an indifferent meal with the waiters dancing
afterwards, with a lot of bouzouki bashing, plate smashing and other forced
jollities.

A lucrative rip-off - I would avoid it like the plague.

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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:12:34 +0000, carolyn wrote
(in article ):


Have any of you "enjoyed" a Cretan Night while in Heraklion? My travel
agent says it is a night out with food specialities and wine included
for 36 E. I would like to taste the specialities of Crete but this
sounds like a typical tourist thing.
thanks in advance,
Carolyn


I am told by devotees of the package holiday to Greece that a 'Greek' or in
your case 'Cretan' night is always included as an optional extra. Apparently
it usually consists of an indifferent meal with the waiters dancing
afterwards, with a lot of bouzouki bashing, plate smashing and other forced
jollities.

A lucrative rip-off - I would avoid it like the plague.

--
Mike Lane, North Yorkshire, UK
To reply by email replace invalid with mikeunderscorelane

"carolyn" wrote in message
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Have any of you "enjoyed" a Cretan Night while in Heraklion? My travel
agent says it is a night out with food specialities and wine included
for 36 E. I would like to taste the specialities of Crete but this
sounds like a typical tourist thing.
thanks in advance,

Last month, for less than 36 Euro, I was buying dinner for two in nice
restaurant, in Duesseldorf, during a trade show, when prices always go up.
In Crete, I would expect restaurant prices to be noticably lower, so it does
not seem to be very good value. Wander around the place a bit and look for
where the locals are eating. You are far more likely to find genuine local
specialities and for much better prices.

Colin Bignell

"carolyn" wrote in message
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Have any of you "enjoyed" a Cretan Night while in Heraklion? My travel
agent says it is a night out with food specialities and wine included
for 36 E. I would like to taste the specialities of Crete but this
sounds like a typical tourist thing.
thanks in advance,

Last month, for less than 36 Euro, I was buying dinner for two in nice
restaurant, in Duesseldorf, during a trade show, when prices always go up.
In Crete, I would expect restaurant prices to be noticably lower, so it does
not seem to be very good value. Wander around the place a bit and look for
where the locals are eating. You are far more likely to find genuine local
specialities and for much better prices.

Colin Bignell

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"carolyn" wrote in message
...

Have any of you "enjoyed" a Cretan Night while in Heraklion? My travel
agent says it is a night out with food specialities and wine included
for 36 E. I would like to taste the specialities of Crete but this
sounds like a typical tourist thing.
thanks in advance,

Last month, for less than 36 Euro, I was buying dinner for two in nice
restaurant, in Duesseldorf, during a trade show, when prices always go up.
In Crete, I would expect restaurant prices to be noticably lower, so it
does
not seem to be very good value. Wander around the place a bit and look for
where the locals are eating. You are far more likely to find genuine local
specialities and for much better prices.


A very good dinner for two in Crete last year, with copious wine and brandy,
would have been about 20E.

Surreyman