Paleochora Christmas Puzzle 2010 December is here, and with Christmas on the way, it’s puzzle time again.  Here’s the chance to win a €10 book token to exchange at Paleohora’s ‘To Delfini’ bookshop (perhaps our guide  to ‘More Walks from Paleochora‘, just a suggestion …..) All you have to do is answer these ten questions. …

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Last month’s walk above Kandanos, 20km from Paleochora,  referred to the attack on German soldiers by Cretan partisans on May 25-26 1941, and the subsequent retributions.  This circular walk of around 12km visits the gorge where the battle took place, then climbs through the little-known Spina Gorge to the village of the same name. Take …

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