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WILD AND RUGGED CRETE

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More than an island, Crete invites you to walk from its high snow-covered White mountains to the edge of the sunny and blue Libyan sea. Creta has everything: Tranquil blue sea, mysterious caves and traces of the past, including those of the Minoan civilization, stately Roman remains and frescoed Byzantine churches, spectacular orchids, aromatic plants, extended olive groves, and places like the Lasithi Plateau and the majestic Samaria Gorge National Park with the unique and amazing geology, picturesque villages, historic cities, architectural monuments since Venetian and Turkish conquerors, fabulous local gastronomy …Crete has it all.  Impact Urginea maritima Origanum Onites - Origanum Sauvages (Wild) Psarantonis - Lyre player Thymus Capitatus - Wild Thyme Ant carrying dried marjoram flower Bulb of Urginea Maritima Origanum Microphyllum Wild Thyme  - now safe and sound in my kitchen in Riyadh and still releasing its fragrance w