What people tell us once they are home

Walked off the overnight ferry from Piraeus and the car was waiting in the port car park. Ten minutes from the gangway to the National Road.

Henrik Dahl Esbjerg, Denmark

Nobody had told us that on the old stretches of the National Road you drive on the hard shoulder to let faster cars pass. Once you know, it works. Until you know, it is alarming.

Valentina Russo Turin, Italy

The car was delivered to the villa above Elounda on the day we asked and collected from the same spot a week later. We never saw a rental desk at all.

Oliver Bennett Exeter, United Kingdom

The road south to Matala across the Messara is straightforward until the last stretch, where it narrows and the goats have right of way. A small car was the right choice.

Marta Simoes Coimbra, Portugal

Knossos is five kilometres from the city and the car park fills by ten. We went at half past eight and had the palace almost to ourselves for an hour.

Krzysztof Mazur Lodz, Poland

Picked up at Heraklion, dropped at Chania airport a week later. The one-way fee was on the booking confirmation, not a surprise at the desk.

Sophie Lambert Lille, France

A convertible along the north coast to Rethymno with the roof down. There are fourteen of them on the island and I understand why they go first.

Andreas Fischer Leipzig, Germany