Greek sweets can be exceedingly sweet, but you can easily get croissants, Danish pastries etc. Below is my selection of 10 off the beaten track Crete destinations for you to consider, 'secret places', if you want to get away from the crowds. So it is not so easy to find unspoilt wonders, hidden gems in Crete. There are bakeries on every corner - particularly good are the spinach pies, 'greens'/herbs/ fennel pies, lots of varieties of cheese pies too. The Greek island of Crete is a tourist hub with beautiful beaches, ancient archaeological sites, sun and good food. Octopus can be chewy, although when really fresh & grilled well it can be delicious, but if you see it slow cooked, often in a red wine sauce, that is amazing and very tender. For other fresh fish, do ensure you see it being weighed raw, so you know the price before eating it, as all around the Med the fish levels have been decimated, making some fish a treat at a high cost. You'll also see grilled Tsipoura everywhere, that's a popular farmed bream, and is low cost. That's a very budget conscious way to enjoy fresh fish. There are several 'small fishes' you'll find on menus, most are small enough to eat whole, yes they are fried & crispy, you'll often just see them on the menu as 'small fishes', or marida, atherina, or gavros, a bit bigger. Always worth looking at the menu to see whether things like calamari are fresh - they have to show frozen, by law.
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