Crete on foot

The best way to get acquainted with the critical cross it on foot. The narrow streets of old town lead to the family restaurant, where you will be served from the heart. Off-road leads to the rocky gorge with a dark cave, and the field road paved on the ruins of forgotten civilizations, whose history is hidden in the dark ages ... In the mountainous parts of Crete are found various kinds of animals and plants, many of which are endemic. Undisputed symbol of the island - a goat Cree - Cree (Capra aegagrus cretica), which is also called simply the Cretan goat, a subspecies of bezoar goat (Capra aegagrus). Some researchers believe that the crystal - crystal - it's wild form of the first Levantine goats, domesticated about 8000 - 7500 years BC. er. These small, extremely timid animals with light - brown hair, with dark stripes on the back and long curved horns when - that were conducted in the eastern Mediterranean and now found only in Crete in the White Mountains, particularly in the Samaria Gorge, as well as the next three islands (Dia, Todorov and Agia Pandes). Today, their population totals about two thousand individuals and taken under protection. Traditional Greek coffee shop owned by men. Patriarchal tradition of the island tells the woman to sit at home - except to go shopping. It is not forbidden to come to a coffee shop, but look at her askance. It sits mostly the older generation, spend hours reading newspapers and in debates about politics. Guests choose a place for gatherings, so that the owner's political sympathies coincided with their own. You can spend your time and for a popular game in Greece, backgammon or emotional game of cards. In the coffee shops are bargains and maintained the conversation, which can be called business. And most importantly - no one here is in no hurry, because it is not in any way is not fast food. Here you can all day sipping Greek coffee or a well chilled ouzo.