Mirabello Bay or the Bay of Beautiful View certainly lives up to its name. The road along the coast is one of the most picturesque in all of Crete. However, the icing on the cake was a visit to the tiny island of Spinalonga, which we got by boat from Plaka. Visiting the Venetian fortress from the 16th century and the remains of the buildings of the former leper colony provided a good history lesson.