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I spent 3 years on Crete (teaching windsurfing and waterskiing inm the seumemr from about end-March to October) from '89 to '91 (yeah it's been a while) there's a few good spots to windsurf (near the Airport was one, South side tends to be flat water and very very hot wind from Africa) and Knossos (near Heraklion) is a great archaeology site to visit. Chania and Rethymnon are also nice arch cities, plus there's the war cemetery where quite a few Kiwi soldiers are buried. Paros is supposed to be good too.
Pretty busy in August IIRC and I am not sure what rentals are like these days. Maybe 8-12 years ago we went to Naxos for 3 or 4 years in a row, which has a lagoon area that is good for intermediates (we had the kids in there learning) and outside the reef is quite nice if you're more advanced. The thing is the wind in Greece is a wee bit fickle, when its good it's OK, we had 1 year when it was dead the whole 2 weeks. Naxos has a beautiful old town, lots of narrow alleyway and the like. Rhodos is way out to the east, again, can be very strong and gusty. If you're going that far east, quite a few folks like Turkey, similar conditions, probably equivalent to Greece.
218 posts
I spent 3 years on Crete (teaching windsurfing and waterskiing inm the seumemr from about end-March to October) from '89 to '91 (yeah it's been a while) there's a few good spots to windsurf (near the Airport was one, South side tends to be flat water and very very hot wind from Africa) and Knossos (near Heraklion) is a great archaeology site to visit. Chania and Rethymnon are also nice arch cities, plus there's the war cemetery where quite a few Kiwi soldiers are buried. Paros is supposed to be good too.
Pretty busy in August IIRC and I am not sure what rentals are like these days. Maybe 8-12 years ago we went to Naxos for 3 or 4 years in a row, which has a lagoon area that is good for intermediates (we had the kids in there learning) and outside the reef is quite nice if you're more advanced. The thing is the wind in Greece is a wee bit fickle, when its good it's OK, we had 1 year when it was dead the whole 2 weeks. Naxos has a beautiful old town, lots of narrow alleyway and the like. Rhodos is way out to the east, again, can be very strong and gusty. If you're going that far east, quite a few folks like Turkey, similar conditions, probably equivalent to Greece.
