Dan weiss asked: Is late March and early April warm enough for swimming? Are there flights from Amsterdam?
011000: This period is still off season, but on request Hotels may open a room for you. Though daily temperatures are usually quite high -around 20 C- the sea water is still cold after winter ( 17 C). For more info on air and water temperatures, please have a look at our climate page. Transavia Holland has direct flights from Amsterdam to Heraklion once every week all year round, charter flights start from Easter. Please check your travel agent for details. Henry Hodel asked: What is the weather like in February & March and what is the high temperatures during this period? I have a US passport–will I need a visa for a visit to Crete> My wife is British and has a British passport. Will she need a visa? Thanks 120899: Neither of you needs a visa for Crete. (thanks to Julie F, UK) For extensive weather info for Crete click here to visit our Cretan Climate page. Please realise that specially March can be unpredictable: sometimes it is very sunny and warm, sometimes there is however a lot