Article: Greece for grown-ups; Western Crete offers historic towns and quiet villages - even in high summer. Dana Facaros offers her pick for adult visitors.

Byline: DANA FASCAROS

DOESN'T it sound like heaven? A three-andahalf-hour charter flight to Heraklion, and within half an hour you're checked into your hotel and relaxing in the sun, sipping a cool drink in a thatched roof bar on a gorgeous sandy beach.

Welcome to holiday hell. Hell, that is, if your idea of a getaway destination includes a sense of place, a modicum of peace and quiet or just a good night's sleep.

'Been here eight months,' one young Englishman working in a bar told us.

'So what's it like?' we asked.

'Dunno. Never been sober enough to find out.' Grownups who end up on this island by mistake may feel tempted to ...

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