{"id":49639,"date":"2026-11-07T04:34:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T03:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/exploring-the-uncrowded-side-of-crete-on-a-shoulder-season-getaway\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T04:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T03:34:47","slug":"exploring-the-uncrowded-side-of-crete-on-a-shoulder-season-getaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/exploring-the-uncrowded-side-of-crete-on-a-shoulder-season-getaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the uncrowded side of Crete on a shoulder season getaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/crete\">Crete<\/a> is well known for its beautiful beaches, all-inclusive resorts and lively nightlife, but the largest Greek island also home to a rugged coastline, pretty mountain villages and historical ruins.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/travelsmart\">TravelSmart<\/a>, Global Travel Editor Annabel Grossman goes off in search of the quieter side of the island on a shoulder season getaway. Her journey takes her to small beach towns like Agia Galini and Plakias, as well as the Minoan settlement of Agia Triada and on a hike through to Agiofarago Gorge.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/travel\/europe\/greece\/uncrowded-crete-shoulder-season-holiday-b3080053.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crete is well known for its beautiful beaches, all-inclusive resorts and lively nightlife, but the largest Greek island also home to a rugged coastline, pretty mountain villages and historical ruins. In this episode of TravelSmart, Global Travel Editor Annabel Grossman goes off in search of the quieter side of the island on a shoulder season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":49640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[65,1779,36,42],"class_list":["post-49639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel","tag-europe","tag-greece","tag-mixtv","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}