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Spinalonga is located in the Gulf of Elounda in north-eastern Crete, Originally, it was not an island, but part of the island of Crete. During Venetian occupation the island was carved out of the coast for defense purposes and a fort was built there. During Venetian rule, salt was harvested from salt pans around the island.
It featured in the British television series Who Pays the Ferryman? but is perhaps more famous as the setting for the 2005 novel The Island by Victoria Hislop, the story of a family's ties to the leper colony which was on the island in the early 20th century.
Photo taken with the Canon eos 500D with the 24-105mm L Lens. Photo of the sunset in Crete, Sissi. At Bella Vista Apartments - Sissi.
rethymno beach, just needed a slight swell and there was a terrific rip, which claimed many victims ( but no lives ) on my watch,