Saying goodbye to Crete and the Aegean Sea before going home by plane #
Heraklion International Airport „Nikos Kazantzakis“ is named after the well-known Greek writer and philosopher Nikos Kazantzakis, who was born in Heraklion and wrote Zorba the Greek (published in 1946 as Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas)
Another busy Corendon Airlines flight
Starting from Iraklio
Looking down on the Islands of Greece
The Corinth Canal (Greek: Διώρυγα της Κορίνθου, romanized: Dhioryga tis Korinthou) is an artificial canal in Greece that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland, arguably making the peninsula an island. The canal was dug through the Isthmus at sea level and has no locks. It is 6.4 kilometres (4 miles) in length and only 24.6 metres (80.7 feet) wide at sea level, making it impassable for many modern ships. It is currently of little economic importance and is mainly a tourist attraction.
Looking down on the Corinth Canal
Maturareise vor 50 Jahren auf einem Kreuzfahrtschiff durch den Kanal von Korinth
