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By Erika Liodice   
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Crete Coastline

Once you get past Crete's sheer size - it spans 160 miles from east to west and is the second largest island in the Mediterranean after Cyprus - you'll discover that beneath its vast mountain ranges, unspoiled beaches and sapphire blue water, are histories and legends thousands of years old.