The day after Santorini, we found ourselves in Heraklion, Crete. The island is Greece's biggest and most populous and functions practically as a mini-nation of its own. The port city of Heraklion has a population of 137,000 and is an urban, function capital.
The city has a top notch archeological museum that displays the best collection of Minoan artifacts anywhere. So that was our first stop.
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