Sails 5-6 days/week from Heraklion to Santorini (in about 2 hours)
and Rethymno to Santorini on Tuesdays.

See the details and times here:
http://www.cretetravel.com/To_and_from_Crete/Ferries_Crete_Santorini.htm

(update published 20 May 2005)

Easter in Crete as always has attracted some early season visitors and church bells vividly rang with the Epitaph being paraded through villages and towns.
Now those who fasted (some do) can eat all foods again – the traditional roasting of lamb on an open spit was celebrated again on Easter Sunday.

Oh and the road….long awaited and now with a hopeful gaze, the road (almost impassable at present) between Kato Zakros and Xerokambos is due to be partly surfaced by the end of June (we are ever hopeful this date will be met!). With the rest of the road graded (gravel) well enough for cars to make a much shorter journey between these two delightful places in the east.

Kato Zakros is a tiny summer village, but also home to the Palace of Zakros archaeological site. Xerokambos is a thinly scattered group of a handful of houses and splendid quiet beaches.

A neat place to stay for beach and quiet is Akti Rooms in Xerokambos
( http://www.crete-hotels-rooms.com/Reservations/Akti_Rooms.htm )

As a footnote, the weather has become sunny, warm and bright with ideal 22-24 degree daytime maximum…cool evenings and Crete’s sunny disposition confirmed once more!