A CASTLE ON A HILL
A fortress with a delicious history of piracy and rebellion
I’ll keep this brief, because I’m supposed to be taking a week off.
But needed to share this.
A few days ago I hopped on a RIB and took a bouncy trip across the Mediterranean to the tiny island of Gramvousa, just off the north-west tip of Crete.
There, a steep hike up from the beach takes you to the sprawling remains of a sixteenth-century Venetian fortress.
The views, the views.
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