Searching for cyclamens at Rouva’s forest - 2nd Zaros Trail Race

I remember it as if it was yesterday. It was April of 1999, and first-grade…

Cycling in Hersonissos

Nine bike routes to cycle your way around Hersonissos 

Reflections

Time travels: Crete in 1935, "without gods"

The Minoan Palace of Malia

The third largest Minoan palace of Crete, once ruled by mythical King Sarpedon, overlooks the…

Springtime at the gorge of the mills

Or, how to discover a small paradise, hidden just a few kilometers outside the town…

Xerokampos

Michalis (Heraklion)

The ascent to Mount Yuchtas

Sometimes you don’t need to go very far to find wild Cretan nature. The anthropomorphic…

Cretan Μyths and Realities

You’ve seen them in card postals, you’ve read about them in countless travel articles, you’ve…

Elafonisi – Kedrodasos (E4 trail)

Crossing the European E4 trail may seem an extreme task, doable only by hardcore trekkers.…

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

Sometimes the vision of one man alone is all it takes for realizing ‘utopias’...and that’s…