Calypso (her name means "to cover", "to hide" or "to deceive") was a well-known Nymph in ancient Greek mythology, who lived on the island of Ogygia, where she held Odysseus for seven years, preventing him from returning to his homeland .So the beach got the name Calypso because it is in a well hidden location.
sooo gorgeous! Totally underrated island because of the mykonos + santorini buzz (BOTH are TOTALLY epic and worth going to as well! Crete just has a lot else to offer!)
I am so happy that you liked Chania so much! My origin is from Crete and next time you visit I have many places there to suggest. Crete is a big island with many hidden treasures and many "moon" like mountains and views! Thanks for sharing, you are a great couple, greetings and love is sent from Greece
Awww this is so sweet! Thank you! We feel so loved and welcomed by people in Greece, but especially in Crete and Chania, it truly feels different. It feels like home! Thank you for sharing your beautiful home with us!
Calypso (her name means "cover", "hide" or "deceive") was a well-known Nymph in ancient Greek mythology, who lived on the island of Ogygia, where she held Odysseus for seven years, preventing him from returning to his homeland. .
Loving all of your Greece videos! We'll be visiting in two weeks for our wedding on Santorini and our honeymoon on Crete! I'm curious if you had the option to rent an automatic car, as I hear most on the island are manual. Thank you!
Yes from Chania! I haven’t been there in the last two years, so I can’t speak to the prices and inflation. I think generally private yacht charters aren’t cheap - they are a premium experience. But our price felt like a great value relative to other places I’ve taken boats in the world. My husband loves being on the water in the Mediterranean so we just have to charter. This company has been great. Shoot them an email and ask for their rock bottom rate on their least busy day. Hope it works out for you! 🥰🙏🏻💕 www.cretaluxurycruises.gr
Love to see your face in the beginning while hearing you say pretty much the exact same word as in the beginning of your posts(witch I LOOOVE!!), You have the same tone in the voice and everything hahah next time I listen I can imagine your face saying it😂
We loved the Domes Zeen hotel! It was lovely! Rental company was a weird deal 😂 litterally told us when they dropped the car at our hotel, that they had taken it on the few that morning from Athens, 😂😂. But in retrospect, I would definitely get something bigger than a sports car for Crete. Especially if you want to explore the island. For the boat, we used this company! And negotiated a little 😉 www.cretaluxurycruises.gr
Yes Nikki! That was Balos Lagoon! The boat was amazing, I absolutely would recommend doing it! The nicest part was the beach there is SOOOO busy. But because we had a boat, we left everything there except iPhone (and vlog camera, cause we’re crazy 😂) and swam to shore! Also, there’s a shipwreck across from Balos that was really cool to snorkel in as well!
@@KathrinZenkinaOfficial Do you remember what boat company you used for the boat day to balos? Headed there in a month and trying to sort out our visits
Yes! We used Creta Luxury Cruises! The boat was amazing! You can email them here: info@cretaluxurycruises.gr Or check out their website at: www.cretaluxurycruises.gr/en/about-us/ If you book the same boat as us, make sure to ask for our captain! His name was Kiriyakos, and he litterally gave us a DREAM day! Tell him we say hi! 😎🙏🏻💗
We are moving to Crete in 3 Months to live for the next 3 years. We will live in the Chania area. You mentioned your Hotel and the Buffet, could you comment with those? We might want to stay there while we are house hunting. Thank You.
Hi A&J! Congrats on moving there! It is an UNBELIEVABLE gem of an island -- although its enormous, I feel it may be deeply underrated. And seeing as your moving there, clearly you agree! :) We loved it! We stayed at the Domes Zeen - domesresorts.com/domeszeenchania/ While most of our time was spent exploring -- we really enjoyed the food and unwinding at the resort. Close to everything, but out of the way enough to be peaceful and quiet as well! :)
@@KathrinZenkinaOfficial Thank you! Your video of Crete is one for he best we've seen, as it answered a few questions that others overlooked. Your car stuck "adventure" off the grid helped me make my mind up about our next vehicle. We are getting a Jeep or a light SUV. We are very excited about the next 3 years.
Two questions. I saw your mosquito bites are mosquitos everywhere, are they bad? And you say prepare to sweat but I read it only gets to the 80’s as a high temperature… is that right?
The mosquitos weren’t horrible! But they are there. As for temp, it definitely depends on the time of year. For us, it was 95-105 with massive humidity. That was atypical for Crete (from my understanding). But I would definitely be prepared for some strong humidity in the Chania area. For what it’s worth, it felt less humid on the southern beaches, but I’m not sure why! Hope that helps!
We have also talked about spending extra time in Greece. I think Crete is an underrated location in Greece -- the people, the landscape, the sheer scale and raw beauty. Great idea! We also have LOVED Zakynthos and Kefalonia, as well as Ios!
@@KathrinZenkinaOfficial We are going to sell our home in Texas and move nearby Destin, Florida (rent), and then travel to Crete and tour the island to see if we would like to live there permanently. We will check out the southern part as well since you say it is less humid.
We loved BOTH! Very different. Santorini is extremely beautiful and romantic - although we didn’t experience this (one side benefit of traveling during Covid was no cruises) there can be thousands of cruise vacationers in certain places (like Oia) at prime times. Crete is an enormous island. Definitely advise renting a car and just Exploring! Going to the beaches the locals go to. Stopping in the best restaurant (TripAdvisor) in a tiny drive through town w/o lots of tourist traffic! Love both, it’s really hard to choose. I would say 3-4 nights in Santorini, while I would’ve loved 5-7 nights in Crete! How’s that?! 😂
Hi Jana! The boat was SO amazing! We actually JUST went again with the same company! We took their bigger boat this time (I’m pregnant 😂) and we had a spectacular time! I think this boat was 1,750€ for all day? So definitely a luxury option. However, I KNOW that there a lots of options in many price ranges. Callie at Creta Luxury Cruises will help you out! But if you want to shop for options and price, you can see all the boats in Chania harbor in the evening - promoting their boats for the days coming up! Definitely recommend some window shopping! 😎 Also, there is a large ferry that makes multiple runs to Balos it’s a few hundred people, and guessing by your question, you prefer something more private… but there’s all the info! 🙏🏻💗
We're obsessed with Crete! This is a such a great vlog!! 🇬🇷 You guys are adorable! ♥ My fiancè and I just got back and made a guide to some of the secret places we found! th-cam.com/video/R7MvYv-UTkk/w-d-xo.html
I loved your video and i thank you for your kind words about my home place. You are a beautiful couple. You are always welcome here in Crete. I wish you to have a great time wherever you are 🥰
Thank you Kostas! We love Crete - such an underrated beauty of your country! A true gem! We will continue to come back - thank you for your great energy, and the incredibly hospitality of your country!!
If you spent less time consuming others content and telling what you don’t like, maybe you would find more time to create something you love! It’s your choice to watch or not. And it’s my choice to say ✌🏻✌🏻 to you. ✨The Arena > The Nosebleeds ✨
Calypso (her name means "to cover", "to hide" or "to deceive") was a well-known Nymph in ancient Greek mythology, who lived on the island of Ogygia, where she held Odysseus for seven years, preventing him from returning to his homeland .So the beach got the name Calypso because it is in a well hidden location.
It is extremely well hidden! We really enjoyed it there -- exploring the south side of the island is magical!
I absolutely LOVED this! Living vicariously through you and love your energy... as always!
Awww Jalana! I'm SO glad and grateful you loved following along! thanks for being here!
Crete in 2 months. Can't wait!!
You’ll love it! We loveeeee it there!
I’m going Crete soon I’m soooo excited
It’s AMAZING! Summer there is magic!! 😍🫶🏻
Omg I thought this was a Rwanda vlog for a sec when it popped up, but sooo excited to see all your Crete adventures!! ❤️
Whooaaa the views!! 😍😍😍
I picked up Cava (Mediterranean take out) for dinner and now I’m so excited to eat it after seeing the feta 🤣🤣
haha! I can't wait to get the Rwanda vlog out -- but until then, we are still here enjoying Rwanda!!
sooo gorgeous! Totally underrated island because of the mykonos + santorini buzz (BOTH are TOTALLY epic and worth going to as well! Crete just has a lot else to offer!)
Wow very beautiful place in there. Thank you for your vedio. God bless❤️🙏
Thank you so much! I’m glad you loved it!!
I am so happy that you liked Chania so much! My origin is from Crete and next time you visit I have many places there to suggest. Crete is a big island with many hidden treasures and many "moon" like mountains and views! Thanks for sharing, you are a great couple, greetings and love is sent from Greece
Awww this is so sweet! Thank you! We feel so loved and welcomed by people in Greece, but especially in Crete and Chania, it truly feels different. It feels like home! Thank you for sharing your beautiful home with us!
Totally digging that snippet of "I am a pirate king" from The Pirates of Penzance. Great fun, great voice!
haha! I didn't get the reference, but Brennan said "if they know, they'll know!" Thanks for being here Ellen! :)
Thank you for this vlog❤ Made me finalized I’m going to Crete ! Btw you are so beautiful and what a lovely couple 🫶🏻❤️
YAY!!! You’re gonna love it!!!
My sister and I wen to Crete after leaving Athens. We stayed at the Dome also, beautiful place.
Yes! It was soooo lovely! Crete is a serious favorite of ours!
Ah I love it! I feel like I just want to get out there and start traveling again! Beautiful trip, beautiful video
I'm loving the vlogs 😍🥰 also Crete is my favorite vacation destination, and I was so happy to there for a little bit through your vlog! Much love ❤
Calypso (her name means "cover", "hide" or "deceive") was a well-known Nymph in ancient Greek mythology, who lived on the island of Ogygia, where she held Odysseus for seven years, preventing him from returning to his homeland. .
first comment!! love you!
Aw love you TOO! Thanks for supporting and following along, Samantha! :)
Living through you and your awesome energy is my biggest manifestation tool, I strive to live as freely as you do❤️
Hahaha i totally though “woooow” as you both said it, too!😂
😂😂😂
Loving all of your Greece videos! We'll be visiting in two weeks for our wedding on Santorini and our honeymoon on Crete! I'm curious if you had the option to rent an automatic car, as I hear most on the island are manual. Thank you!
Did you take the boat from Chania harbour? And how much did you pay? I am going next month and the prebooked boat trips seem sooo expensive!
Yes from Chania! I haven’t been there in the last two years, so I can’t speak to the prices and inflation. I think generally private yacht charters aren’t cheap - they are a premium experience. But our price felt like a great value relative to other places I’ve taken boats in the world. My husband loves being on the water in the Mediterranean so we just have to charter. This company has been great. Shoot them an email and ask for their rock bottom rate on their least busy day. Hope it works out for you! 🥰🙏🏻💕
www.cretaluxurycruises.gr
Love to see your face in the beginning while hearing you say pretty much the exact same word as in the beginning of your posts(witch I LOOOVE!!), You have the same tone in the voice and everything hahah next time I listen I can imagine your face saying it😂
Haha! “Oh hey! It’s me!” 🤣🤣
Love this heading to Crete, would you recommend domes hotel? Also what rental company did you use and what boat excursion did you use?
We loved the Domes Zeen hotel! It was lovely!
Rental company was a weird deal 😂 litterally told us when they dropped the car at our hotel, that they had taken it on the few that morning from Athens, 😂😂. But in retrospect, I would definitely get something bigger than a sports car for Crete. Especially if you want to explore the island.
For the boat, we used this company! And negotiated a little 😉 www.cretaluxurycruises.gr
Great video! 😍
At 17 minutes is that the Balos beach? Did you rent the boat for the whole day? I wanna do that, so much fun!
Yes Nikki! That was Balos Lagoon! The boat was amazing, I absolutely would recommend doing it! The nicest part was the beach there is SOOOO busy. But because we had a boat, we left everything there except iPhone (and vlog camera, cause we’re crazy 😂) and swam to shore! Also, there’s a shipwreck across from Balos that was really cool to snorkel in as well!
@@KathrinZenkinaOfficial Do you remember what boat company you used for the boat day to balos? Headed there in a month and trying to sort out our visits
Yes! We used Creta Luxury Cruises! The boat was amazing! You can email them here:
info@cretaluxurycruises.gr
Or check out their website at:
www.cretaluxurycruises.gr/en/about-us/
If you book the same boat as us, make sure to ask for our captain! His name was Kiriyakos, and he litterally gave us a DREAM day! Tell him we say hi!
😎🙏🏻💗
@@KathrinZenkinaOfficial that boat looks like an Axopar, gorgeous! Thanks for the name of the company.
We are moving to Crete in 3 Months to live for the next 3 years. We will live in the Chania area. You mentioned your Hotel and the Buffet, could you comment with those? We might want to stay there while we are house hunting.
Thank You.
Hi A&J! Congrats on moving there! It is an UNBELIEVABLE gem of an island -- although its enormous, I feel it may be deeply underrated. And seeing as your moving there, clearly you agree! :) We loved it! We stayed at the Domes Zeen - domesresorts.com/domeszeenchania/
While most of our time was spent exploring -- we really enjoyed the food and unwinding at the resort. Close to everything, but out of the way enough to be peaceful and quiet as well! :)
@@KathrinZenkinaOfficial Thank you! Your video of Crete is one for he best we've seen, as it answered a few questions that others overlooked. Your car stuck "adventure" off the grid helped me make my mind up about our next vehicle. We are getting a Jeep or a light SUV. We are very excited about the next 3 years.
Where did you end up living? We are thinking of moving to Crete permanently. Advice?
Well Done Kathrin
Thank you SO much! I’m so happy your loved it!! Crete is one of our FAVORITE places in all of GREECE! So underrated! 😍😍🙏🏻🙌🏻
Two questions. I saw your mosquito bites are mosquitos everywhere, are they bad? And you say prepare to sweat but I read it only gets to the 80’s as a high temperature… is that right?
The mosquitos weren’t horrible! But they are there. As for temp, it definitely depends on the time of year. For us, it was 95-105 with massive humidity. That was atypical for Crete (from my understanding). But I would definitely be prepared for some strong humidity in the Chania area. For what it’s worth, it felt less humid on the southern beaches, but I’m not sure why!
Hope that helps!
@@KathrinZenkinaOfficial That helps, thank you so much for the information as my wife & I are considering moving to Crete permanently from Texas.
We have also talked about spending extra time in Greece. I think Crete is an underrated location in Greece -- the people, the landscape, the sheer scale and raw beauty. Great idea! We also have LOVED Zakynthos and Kefalonia, as well as Ios!
@@KathrinZenkinaOfficial We are going to sell our home in Texas and move nearby Destin, Florida (rent), and then travel to Crete and tour the island to see if we would like to live there permanently. We will check out the southern part as well since you say it is less humid.
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Is the hotel all inclusive?
They HAVE All-inclusive options - but just ensure you select them when booking. Not all booking selections are all inclusive 💕
I’m going in may. Did you prefer Crete or Santorini?
We loved BOTH! Very different. Santorini is extremely beautiful and romantic - although we didn’t experience this (one side benefit of traveling during Covid was no cruises) there can be thousands of cruise vacationers in certain places (like Oia) at prime times.
Crete is an enormous island. Definitely advise renting a car and just Exploring! Going to the beaches the locals go to. Stopping in the best restaurant (TripAdvisor) in a tiny drive through town w/o lots of tourist traffic!
Love both, it’s really hard to choose. I would say 3-4 nights in Santorini, while I would’ve loved 5-7 nights in Crete! How’s that?! 😂
@@KathrinZenkinaOfficial thank you for replying
How much was the boat day to balos if you dont mind me asking? Going there this summer and looks great!
Hi Jana! The boat was SO amazing! We actually JUST went again with the same company! We took their bigger boat this time (I’m pregnant 😂) and we had a spectacular time!
I think this boat was 1,750€ for all day? So definitely a luxury option. However, I KNOW that there a lots of options in many price ranges. Callie at Creta Luxury Cruises will help you out! But if you want to shop for options and price, you can see all the boats in Chania harbor in the evening - promoting their boats for the days coming up! Definitely recommend some window shopping! 😎
Also, there is a large ferry that makes multiple runs to Balos it’s a few hundred people, and guessing by your question, you prefer something more private… but there’s all the info! 🙏🏻💗
@@KathrinZenkinaOfficial Thanks so much!
Who did you book for the boat tour to Balos?
Creta luxury cruises!
please inform everyone who comes here to put a lot sun lotion the sun burns!!
Omg! The sun is SOOO powerful 😂😂😂 Reef safe sunscreen plz! (Even though there’s not a “reef” in Greece…. Still good for the ocean!
hiya, what month did u go ? x
End of June 2021!
Y’all look like twins 😂😂😂😂
We're obsessed with Crete! This is a such a great vlog!! 🇬🇷 You guys are adorable! ♥
My fiancè and I just got back and made a guide to some of the secret places we found!
th-cam.com/video/R7MvYv-UTkk/w-d-xo.html
Such a great place! Thanks for watching! 🫶🏻💗
I loved your video and i thank you for your kind words about my home place.
You are a beautiful couple.
You are always welcome here in Crete.
I wish you to have a great time wherever you are 🥰
Thank you Kostas! We love Crete - such an underrated beauty of your country! A true gem! We will continue to come back - thank you for your great energy, and the incredibly hospitality of your country!!
Too much camera shake.
If you spent less time consuming others content and telling what you don’t like, maybe you would find more time to create something you love!
It’s your choice to watch or not. And it’s my choice to say ✌🏻✌🏻 to you.
✨The Arena > The Nosebleeds ✨
@7:01m this is because they want your money, Nothing wrong with it, take it from someone that have travel the world. Enjoy and learn.