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Matala
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Discover the plateau of Limnakaro
South of the famous Lassithi Plateau there is another lesser known plateau…small and tranquil but…
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Nikos Kazantzakis Museum
One of the few literature museums in the country is exclusively dedicated to the life…
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Agia Pelagia
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How and why Houdetsi Festival becomes the greatest music event of Crete
The 6th Houdetsi Festival confirmed once and for all what we sensed all the previous…
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Chania: A Journey to your Senses
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Vai
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The walk to the summit of Psiloritis
Put all your worries in your backpack and start climbing to the top. When you…
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Crete, a Continent in an Island
A new book by the Natural History Museum of Crete, concentrates centuries of geological upheaval…
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Choumeriako, the village of the three hills and nineteen churches
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Anopoli - Aradaina: nature, adrenaline and... sfakian pies!
Starting from the touristic portside of Chora Sfakion you cannot imagine that in just a…
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Crete in action: where adrenaline never takes vacation!
Just choose what you want to do… do you want to climb steep rocks like…

Searching for cyclamens at Rouva’s forest - 2nd Zaros Trail Race
Published in "Crete in action"
I remember it as if it was yesterday. It was April of 1999, and first-grade students of Biology Department of University of Crete had to…

Crossing the gorge of Agia Eirini … by bike!
Published in "Crete in action"
The guard of the gorge gave us a strange look: “are you going to leave those here and come back to get them?” “No”, we…

Video: the unseen world of Cretan gorges brought to light
Published in "Crete in action"
Unseen images from the gorges of Asterousia Mountains are brought to light by the Institute of Speleological Studies of Greece

Interview: the “highest working” employee in Crete, at Kallergi refuge!
Published in "Crete in action"
Christos Paterakis is the 'key keeper' of Kallergi refuge in the winter season. This honor was bestowed upon him by the Greek Mountaineering Club of…

Cycling in Hersonissos
Published in "Crete in action"
Nine bike routes to cycle your way around Hersonissos

In the forest of Rouvas - without the Big Bad Wolf!
Published in "Crete in action"
(and the gorge of Agios Nikolaos)

Climbing on Gigilos - together with Grim Reaper
Published in "Crete in action"
A dangerous affirmation of existence, a few hundred of meters over the gorge of Samaria.