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Crete, Greece, when to come
Each year Crete is visited by 2.5 million tourists. Most of them come in July and August. Hence, it is not hard to imagine the crush at the beach, the squeeze at the restaurants, the rush for a hotel bed. During the rest of the year, the island is practically empty, although summer lingers on long after August and begins long before June. Just think that Crete lies at a latitude of 35.007 degrees, namely a lot more south than Tunisia or Algeria, and that tropical fruits like bananas and avocados thrive here! Why, then, does everybody come in those two months? Simply because it is then most working people take their holidays. If you belong to that category, you have no choice but to rub elbows with the crowds. Things, of course, are not desperately hopeless, as you will always find quiet, out of the way corners, but you shall have to look hard. Should you have, however, the luxury of choosing your holiday month, you are in lucky bliss. What will have been inferno for others, will look paradise to you, solely because you chose to come outside the peak season.
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