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Sarah Slattery

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
592 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

It's people may know it from the opening scene of James Bond's No Time to Die.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

It looks like almost AI.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

It's hard to believe it's real, but a stunning place.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

One of the over 9000 years old, one of these like the third oldest settled in the world after Aleppo and Jericho.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

Really, really like gorgeous hotels and restaurants inside caves.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

And it's absolutely stunning.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

A must visit.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

Yeah, do you know what?

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

It really has an incredible story.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

It's the actual fairy tale rags to riches story.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

Basically, it was riddled with disease and the government closed it down, moved all the inhabitants out of it, built a new town for them.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

And it was basically derelict.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

until 1993 and it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

And then investors just started literally buying the caves and putting hotels inside the caves, putting restaurants inside them.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

So it's just really, really cool when you're sleeping in these hotels and you're inside a whole cave room.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

And then it became European Capital of Culture.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

You know, it has an incredible story behind it and I encourage anybody to go.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

One of my favourite places in Europe I've seen.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

Yeah, I picked Hania and Crete because a lot of people, when they think of Crete, they think of the in-betweeners and these lively, crazy resorts, you know, out all night.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
The Last Word On Travel: Off The Beaten Track In Europe's Hotspots

But actually, most of those are on the east coast of Crete.