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Potamos, Malia
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Makrigialos - Pefki - Kapsa Monastery
Eastern Crete has a different color, scent and light, even different people. Sometimes it feels…
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Chrissi (Gaidouronisi or 'donkey island'!)
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Vamos: history, nobility, hospitality
The tourist industry in Crete has a dark history, as it is often responsible for…
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Agios Thomas and the City of Stone
There is a village, just half an hour away from the city of Heraklion, that…
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Sougia
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Sandhills (Ammolofoi or Keramiani Gialia)
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In the forest of Rouvas - without the Big Bad Wolf!
(and the gorge of Agios Nikolaos)
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Tertsa
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Cycling in Hersonissos
Nine bike routes to cycle your way around Hersonissos
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Trafoulas
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Voila, the Medieval habitat of Cretan lords
When you cross the rural settlements of otherworldly Ziros Plateau, it is hard to imagine…
The Minoan Palace of Malia
Published in "Presentations"
The third largest Minoan palace of Crete, once ruled by mythical King Sarpedon, overlooks the Cretan Sea with the imposing mountain of Selena in the…
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…
Sfentoni Cave
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Crete is home of half of the country’s caves, about 5.200, but only three are officially open to the public. Sfentoni Cave is the largest…
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.
Nikos Kazantzakis Museum
Published in "Presentations"
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…