janeebennett2018 | Benson, UK • September 2024 • families
We first went walking in the mountains near Rethymno, on the island of Crete, in 1992 with a group called Happy Walker. We had a fantastic time, so when we returned to Rethymno in 2019, 27 years later, we looked them up and repeated the experience.
Sadly Happy Walker is no longer operating, but we were delighted to find that there is a new group, ‘Happy Feet’ led by Alida and Inky. We did a wonderful circular walk with Alida from Pikris, stopping at Amnatos, a tiny Cretan village, for coffee and lemon pie at Maria’s cafe and finishing up with a fabulous home cooked Cretan lunch at the home of Kosta and Dina. It really was a wonderful day from start to finish. We thoroughly enjoyed getting away from the busyness of the city and up into the mountains and experiencing the Cretan countryside. Alida was a great guide, and we loved sharing the day with fellow walkers of different nationalities.
We cannot recommend the walking tours with Happy Feet highly enough. Not only are the walks very enjoyable and informative, they are great for anyone seeking to learn about Cretan culture, sample local cuisine and meet up with like-minded travellers.
Marcel V. • April 2025 • couples
We hadden een weekje op Kreta en hebben 2 fantastische wandelingen gemaakt met Happy Feet. De routes zijn zeer toegankelijk maar verrassend afwisselend. Het tempo van de wandelingen, de uitleg over het eiland, de natuur en geschiedenis, we hebben genoten. Na beide wandelingen werden we meegenomen naar een plaatselijk restaurantje voor een late lunch of vroeg diner 🙂 waar we de lekkerste gerechten kregen voorgeschoteld. Wij komen zeker terug.