The neoclassical building of the Historical Museum of Crete

Historical Museum of Crete

Published in "What to see"
An exemplary modern museum||

Nikos Kazantzakis Museum

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One of the few literature museums in the country is exclusively dedicated to the life and work of great Cretan writer Nikos Kazantzakis. Situated in…
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6th International Symposium of Sculpture in Venerato

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A night with Cretan music & traditional cuisine in Avdou

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Agia Ekaterini as a modern museum|||||||||

Agia Ekaterini Museum (St. Catherine)

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Ariadne's Thread and the art of "kopaneli" as prêt à porter

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Somewhere between New Dehli, London and Heraklion, Akanksha found a new creative crossroad and led fashion design to a new direction.
Basilica of St. Marco or Municipal Gallery

Basilica of St. Mark (Municipal Gallery)

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After the abduction, the party starts!

Bride kidnapping in Melidoni

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Celebration of Nature and Humans

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Chania: A Journey to your Senses

Chania: A Journey to your Senses

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Colorful interiors||||

Chronaki House: A noble house without nobles

Published in "Inside the Walls"
Lost in oblivion, the magnificent Chronaki House begs for your attention! 
Cretan music at the trail of...the goat!

Cretan music reviews vol.1

Published in "Presentations"
Four +1 new releases from the Cretan discography that deserve a place in your collection.
Psarogiorgis in Catalan tv|Teaching cretan music at a local conservatory||

Cretan music travels to Catalonia

Published in "Cretan Tales"
A group of Catalans struggling to tame classic Cretan melodies with their vocal chords, testing the ‘five steps’ of pentozalis at the same time. Mission…
The rugs of Aretousa (Archanes)|Aretousa weavers (Archanes)|Some of Aretousa's creations (Archanes)|The creations of Eleni Kouides (Argyroupoli)|The creations of Eleni Kouides (Argyroupoli)|The impressive workshop of Eleni Kouides (Argyroupoli)|The colorful yarns of kurelu (Pyrgos)!|The modern bags of Angeliki (Kurelu creations, Pyrgos)||Mitos weaving (Houdetsi)|Proud weaver next to her creations (Pyrgou Weaving Center)|Cretaions of the Pyrgou Weaving Center|Pyrgou Weaving Center|Houdetsi Weaving Center|Houdetsi Weaving Center|Houdetsi Weaving Center|Into the threads!|Houdetsi Weaving Center||

Cretazine presents: The revolution of the loom!

Published in "Cretan Tales"
From the time when Penelope longed for the return of Ulysses, furiously embroidering in her sewing room, to the times when our witty grandmothers made…
Yakinthia, concert outside the chapel|Casa dei Meizzo Festival, in a wonderful setting|Classical music and cicadas|In 'En Oiko' you will find all kinds of natural products|Some of the things you can find in 'En Oiko'||Georgiadis Park becomes a vibrant festival venue|Free wine and let the party begin!|You can fill your own bottle in Dafnes...as many times as you want!|There is no Yakinthia without Psarantonis|A new festival is born!

Crete of Festivals: Summer 2013

Published in "Crete 360°"
Every year the cultural map of Crete dramatically changes, a sign that the island is inhabited by many creative people. New and old events appear…
Houdetsi Festival, perhaps the best festival of Crete

Crete of Festivals: Summer 2014

Published in "Crete 360°"
Every year the cultural map of Crete dramatically changes, a sign that the island is inhabited by many creative people. New and old events appear…
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Dan Perjovschi, timelessness, ephemerality and "Mesogeios"

Published in "Inside the Walls"
Dan Perjovschi is an artist whose work has been exhibited in the most important Biennale festivals and some of the greatest museums and art galleries…
DIY soap, the Cretan way!|You'll need olive oil of good quality

DIY Cretan soap

Published in "Cretan Tales"
We don’t want to sound like the Portokalos father in ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’, but did you know that soap also probably came from…
H Casa dei Mezzo φωτισμένη για το βραδινό κονσέρτο

Festivals in Crete: Casa dei Mezzo

Published in "Cretan Tales"
We went, we saw, we heard, we were "bewitched" and we transfer our experience to you.
Live perfomances by local bands in 'Palio Lido'|Lyra and violin, side by side!|||"The kangoors" a popular local band||Neske from Amsterdam playing the violin!|

From the coast of Asterousia to the center of Heraklion: An ode to Cretan summer magic

Published in "Cretan Tales"
Who said multiculturalism and variety is a ‘privilege’ of large urban centers? The whole island Crete in the summer becomes the ultimate culture hub for…
Gareth & the Disk of Phaistos

Gareth Owens & the secrets of the Disk of Phaistos

Published in "City People"
Every year on the 3rd of July you will find him enjoying a cup of coffee at the same place: the palace of Radamanthys in…
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Houdetsi Festival

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Houdetsi Festival

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Houdetsi Festival

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Houdetsi Festival

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Christos Mparmpas & Μurat Aydemir in 'Patitiri' stage|At the garden of the Labyrinth|V. Vardakis and his group|Stelios Petrakis & Cretan Music Quartet|Manolakis, Yiannadakis, Fasoulaki: three talented Cretan musicians on stage!|A wonderful concert with Evgenios Voulgaris|'traffic jam' at the narrow lanes of Houdetsi|The closing concert with Vassilis Stavrakakis

How and why Houdetsi Festival becomes the greatest music event of Crete

Published in "Presentations"
The 6th Houdetsi Festival confirmed once and for all what we sensed all the previous years of its existence: without doubt, it is the most…
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Kelly Thoma in the world of the 7 fish

Published in "City People"
A female lyra player, composer, musician of Crete and of the world. Kelly Thoma is undoubtedly one of the most exceptional pioneers of contemporary Cretan…
Lakkos: the city’s former underground district

Lakkos: the city’s former underground district

Published in "Unknown City"
Many locals today pass by the narrow lanes of the district formerly known as "Lakkos" without having any idea of what was here before. Some…
Because summer loves action!|A trip to Lefka Ori by Petassos travel|Revealing the secrets of cretan gastronomy|Sailing the cretan sea on a budget!|Cycling at the southern mountain range of Europe!|Looking for "fairies" at Selakano forest|Meet locals, learn about the cretan culture!|Asterousia mountains, a wild scenery for cycling|Where wild cretan nature meets history!|Cretan flavors and colors by Cretan Paths

No more boring holidays!

Published in "Crete 360°"
This summer in Crete will be different: four alternative tourism companies take care of everything and you only need to enjoy!
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Old Occupations and Activities that get Extinct

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Old Occupations and Activities that get Extinct

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Old Occupations and Activities that get Extinct

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Old Occupations and Activities that get Extinct

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Old Occupations and Activities that get Extinct

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Old Occupations and Activities that get Extinct

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Old Occupations and Activities that get Extinct

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Old Occupations and Activities that get Extinct

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Old Occupations and Activities that get Extinct

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Old Occupations and Activities that get Extinct

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Old Occupations and Activities that get Extinct

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Old Occupations and Activities that get Extinct

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Old Occupations and Activities that get Extinct

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Old Occupations and Activities that get Extinct

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Old Occupations and Activities that get Extinct

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The neoclassic building of Ploumi!|With good company work gets done...|Christina came to stay...||Kallia is a musician and Christoforos a computer engineer. Together they work miracles!|Giorgos from Archanes project and young Konstantina|One thing is for sure, this shop will never run our of music!|What's on the menu today?|How can we do an interview without food?

Ploumi: a cooperative cafe & grocery store ‘blooms’ in Archanes

Published in "Cretan Tales"
In spring flowers bloom and with them blooms love, dreams and ideas. "Ploumi" blooms, the bushy endemic plant of Crete that our grandmothers and grandfathers…
Counting the alcohol proof of the 'water that burns'||||||||

Raki Party

Published in "Cretan Tales"
November in Crete means rainy evenings accompanied by distilled grape juice, grilled meat, roasted potatoes and good friends gathering together to perform the ritual of …
O Ross Daly παίζοντας rabab

Ross Daly distributes his music for free, for all...

Published in "Cretan Tales"
Ross Daly is fed up with the financial side of the recording industry and offers us his wonderful music free of monetary transactions
"Rodon Amaranton" (18th Century) and Kapralos' Pieta|Tsarouchis' “The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian”|The self-lit icons seem to float in a fully black background

Six centuries of religious art, plus half a century of Modern Greek art at the Historical Museum of Crete

Published in "Inside the Walls"
We were lucky enough to enjoy a private tour at the two new exhibitions of the Historical Museum of Crete -before the official opening on…
Our summer addiction within the walls - literally!||

Summer cinema in the bastion of Bethlehem

Published in "Inside the Walls"
An open cinema within the Venetian walls: our summer addiction
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Swinging Full Moon in the archaeological site of Tylissos

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The famous Minoan "Bees"||||Η Θεά με τα Φίδια|Ο μικρός κήπος του μουσείου, μια δροσερή γωνιά για να χαλαρώσετε||Η αίθουσα με τα γλυπτά|Ο Δίσκος της Φαιστού σε χωριστή προθήκη|H... κούνια της Θεάς!||Υψηλή μουσειακή αισθητική στις νέες αίθουσες

The *NEW* Archaeological Museum of Heraklion

Published in "What to see"
One of the most important museums of Greece, if not Europe, and one of the first in number of visitors in the country, remained partly…
The exhibition of the Art Gallery of Viannos|||Painting by Konstantinos Perakis

The Art Gallery of Viannos: A modern Gallery in the most unexpected place

Published in "Presentations"
Sometimes the vision of one man alone is all it takes for realizing ‘utopias’...and that’s exactly how the Gallery of Viannos came to be. 
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The Carnival of Heraklion: a retro flashback sprinkled with confetti & nostalgia

Published in "Unknown City"
From the Venetian orange battles to the egg fights of 1924, and from the first carnivals at the end of the Ottoman rule to the…
Recording the sound of wime|||||

The sound of wine

Published in "Cretan Tales"
Stella Vassilaki guides us in a journey of flavors and sounds, where the sweetest harmonies emerge from a rare orchestration of scents and musical instruments.
A walk to the highest summit of Crete. For a holy purpose!

The walk to the summit of Psiloritis

Published in "Island Routes"
Put all your worries in your backpack and start climbing to the top. When you arrive, take a deep breath, and with all the strenght…
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Tribute to Brazilian songs in Vathypetro

Published in "What's on now"
Anestis the scavenger, ecstatic by the music

VIDEO: The magic music of Labyrinth

Published in "Cretan Tales"
The new facade of Vikelea library|||

Vikelea Library

Published in "Inside the Walls"
For many years it stood hidden behind metal plates covered with graffiti and cheesy posters. Today, the historic Vikelea Library is fully renovated, but still…
When Henry Miller sat on the throne of Minos

When Henry Miller sat on the throne of Minos

Published in "Crete 360°"
The incisive descriptions of the famous American writer of his travels in Crete in 1939