Today we had planned to go the the lagoon of Gramvoussa. We wanted to do that on our own because the guided tour would have cost 65 Euros per person and we didn't want to pay that much just for visiting a lagoon for bathing. Maybe we should have listened to the description of that trip more carefully, because going there on your own could be some different kind of 'fun' - afterwards you are always smarter.
So we drove down the national road to Kissamos once more and headed on for Balos. But at Kaliviani the paved road ended and all the way up to Balos was just a long gravel road.
With the rental car I was worried a little about the tires, having a flat one out in nowhere wouldn't be what I was hoping for. We asked greek on the same way if we were right. We were right. So we kept on driving on that (not what I would call comfortable) 'road' until we reached Balos - on top of the hills!
We expected a little mountain village from which we could drive down to the lagoon but there was just a taverna and the only way down was on a small gravel path by foot.
A two kilometer walk directly under the burning sun was not our idea of having a nice day at a beautifull lagoon. The man at the taverna told us that there is only the way by foot or by ship from a little harbor near Kissamos. (That's the way we would have gone there on the booked trip.)
So we just took some photos of that wonderfull view up there and went all they way back down.
Back at Kissamos we stopped at the beach and had our lunch. In the lunch box from our hotel we had rice, meat nuggets (similar to the chicken nuggets at McD's but different meat), tomatoes, bread and oranges. It was good and enough.
After the lunch break we went back on the national road and thought about what to visit next when we saw a sign to an excavation site.
The ruins of the former city state of Aptera as far as excaveted by now are well preserved. The city walls are still viewable and partly still up to three meters high. Aptera must have been huge. From up there you have a wonderful sight all over the Souda Bay.
We didn' get there early enough so the first part of the site was already closed and the other part - some kind of fortress at the end of the hill was closed for renovation.
But it looked very interesting anyway.
After that we just headed back for the hotel but took the old roads through some nice little villages.
The rental car was really worth it. After all it's cheaper than making a lot of booked trips and you can stay as long as you want at a place.
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