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Crete Authorities Vow to Eliminate Minoa River Pollution 

2022-11-25 by Phil Butler

Crete officials

Crete Vice-governor Nikos Xylouris and Police Director Nick Spyridakis meet to mitigate Minoa River pollution problem.

Tags: crete, Crete Police, Crete pollution, Crete rivers, Crete waste disposal, Heraklion prefecture, Heraklion water, Marinos Kritsotakis, Nikos Xylouris, Nikos Xylouris met with Police Chief  Brigadier General Nick Spyridakis

Katharo Plateau: Experience the Wild and Authentic Crete

2022-11-20 by Phil Butler

Katharo Plateau

Katharo Plateau, which site overlooking the more famous Lassithi Plateau, is a virtually unknown natural wonder of Crete.

Tags: Agios Nikolaos, Avdeliakos, Avdeliakos Village, crete, Crete adventures, Crete mountains, Crete nature, Greece, Greece travel, Havgas Gorge, Katharo, Katharo Plateau, Kritsa, Lassithi Plateau, tourism

Archaeologists on Crete Unearth the Odeon of Lissos in Rare Find

2022-11-20 by Phil Butler

Lissos Odeon

Archaeologists have unearthed a fabulous Roman-era odeon at Lissos on Crete. The Greek Ministry of Tourism and Sport.

Tags: 365 AD earthquake, ampitheaters, ancient cities, archaeological discovery, archaeology, Asclepius, Chania, Classical Greece, crete, Crete archaeology, Elyrus, Katerina Tzanakaki, Lissos, Lissus, Roman colonies, roman era, Sougia

The Keftiu: Were They Absorbed and Erased from History?

2022-11-19 by Phil Butler

Camp Stool Fresco

The Keftiu, modernized by Arthur Evans as “Minoan,” are still a mystery unsolved. What happened to them?

Tags: Aiakos, Arthur Evans, Atlantis, Bible studies, Caphtor, Caphtorim, crete, Crete archaeology, Crete Island, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Greek legends, Homer, Keftiu, Knossos, Legends of Keftiu, Linear A, Minotaur, Plato, Rhadamanthys, Talos, The Odyssey, Theseus, Tsoutsouras, Zeus legend

Live Like Great Odysseus: Book a Week at Santa Thekla Peninsula

2022-11-17 by Phil Butler

Presidential Suite

Santa Thekla Peninsula on Kefalonia promises and delivers everything a mythical king could want. This is truly a “one-of” experience.

Tags: Greece getaway, Greece resorts, Ionian Sea, Ithaca, Kefalonia, Kefalonia resorts, luxury homes, Luxury Resorts, luxury stays, Odysseus, Odysseus Unbound, Paliki Peninsula, private resorts, Santa Thekla Peninsula

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