{"id":3427,"date":"2026-05-09T13:22:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/?p=3427"},"modified":"2026-05-24T19:50:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T19:50:57","slug":"cruise-day-3-heraklion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/cruise-day-3-heraklion\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruise &#8211; Day 3 Heraklion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After breakfast we set off on a local &#8216;hop on\/hop off&#8217; bus to look round Heraklion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_20260509_59211.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_20260509_59211.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_20260509_59211-300x225.jpg 300w, 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