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Cyprus’s Cavo Zoe Delivers On Regenerative Tourism Promise

2023-08-19 by Phil Butler

Cavo Zoe Cyprus

Cavo Zoe Seaside Hotel in Cyprus becomes award winning example of what regenerative tourism means – giving back.

Tags: C+ Studio Architects, Cavo Zoe, Cavo Zoe Seaside Hotel, Cyprus hospitality, Cyprus tourism, Georgos Motsios, One Dream One Wish Association, Protaras

Crete Tavern Review: Alexis Zorbas in Matala

2023-08-18 by Phil Butler

Lunch menu from Alexis Zorbas

A review of one of Matala’s most popular beachfront tavernas, Alexis Zorbas. It’s a place we frequent fairly often, or at least we did.

Tags: Alexis Zorbas, fish soup, matala, Matala Beach, MAtala seafood, seafood

Elounda Hills to Be Most Coveted Real Estate in the Mediterranean

2023-08-18 by Phil Butler

Elounda Hills Revelopment

Mirum Hellas is developing Elounda Hills to become one of the most coveted destinations in the Mediterranean.

Tags: 5-star resorts, Crete resorts, Elounda Bay, Elounda Hills, Elounda Hills Development, Elounda resorts, Greece resorts, Luxury Resorts, Med resorts, Mirum Hellas, property development, resort development, Vitaly Borisov

Crete Adventurers: Alex Roniotis @ Agriomantra

2023-08-18 by Phil Butler

Agriomandra Beach

Crete adventurer Alex Roniotis shares remote Agriomantra Beach and Gorge via Instagram and Cretanbeaches.com

Tags: Agriomantra, Agriomantra Beach, Agriomantra Gorge, Alexandros Roniotis, Cretan Beaches, Crete adventurers, Crete attractions, Crete beaches, Crete caves, Crete experts, Northern Crete Beaches

Alpha Star Natalia Germanou Enjoying Laid Back Holiday on Crete

2023-08-18 by Phil Butler

Natalia Germanou Official

Alpha TV star Natalia Germanou caught on a sandy beach while vacationing in Crete via her Instagram.

Tags: Alpha TV, Better than it is!, Crete Island, Natalia Germanou, Natalia Germanou is the daughter of journalist and writer Freddy Germanos and advertiser Erietta Mavroudis. She's now the start of the Alpha TV hit "Better than it is!, Summer 2023, TV celebs on Crete

Jet2 Adds November Flights to Rhodes & Crete for November 2024

2023-08-16 by Phil Butler

Jet2.com & Jet2holidays

Jet2 has added more flights to the islands for November 2024 due to high demand.

Tags: airline news, airlines, Crete holidays, Jet2, Jet2 Airways, Jet2Holidays, November vacations, off-season travel, Rhodes holidays

Crete Pays Tribute to the Anogia Resistance Against Nazi Occupiers

2023-08-14 by Phil Butler

Crete, Governor, key clergy, and other officials were on hand for the 79th anniversary of the holocaust by the Nazis in the village.

Tags: Anogia, crete, Greece, Manolis Chnaris, Nazi atrocities, Nazi Crete, Rethymno, Stavros Arnautakis

Crete’s Villa Sea Ya Lists for 900k and Lives Up to Its Name

2023-08-08 by Phil Butler

Villa Sea Ya

A secluded and private residence overlooking Souda Bay, Villa Sea Ya is about as close to perfection as it gets under 1M on Crete.

Tags: Anati Lougassy, Chania real estate, crete, Crete homes, Crete property, Crete Real Estate, Crete seaviews, Koutalas Beach, Luxury villas Crete, properties under 1M, Rethymno, Souda Bay

Isla Brown Chania Rated “Very Good” by Tripadvisor

2023-07-20 by Phil Butler

Isla Brown Chania

A look through several lenses at Isla Brown Chania, a new luxury hotel experience in the northwest of Crete.

Tags: Brown Hotels, Chania hotels, Chania luxury, Crete 5-star, Isla Brown, Isla Brown Chania, Luxury Hotels, Luxury stays Crete, TripAdvisor

Art Exhibition – Katerina Sklaveniti & Mark Tristram in Paleochora

2023-07-20 by Phil Butler

Art Flow Gallery

July 22 at the Art Flow Studio Gallery in Paleochora, the studio will open exhibitions by artists Katerina Sklaveniti and Mark Tristram.

Tags: Art Flow Gallery, Art Flow Gallery Paleochora, Art Flow Studio & Gallery, artists, Chania events, Crete events, Katerina Sklaveniti, Mark Tristram, Paleochora

A South Crete Luxury Villa Offers Remarkable Seafront Living

2023-07-19 by Phil Butler

Crete villa

A remarkable villa on Crete’s southern coast offers stunning design, a fabulous location, and the perfect repose from the island’s busy and touristy Northern shore.

Tags: Afrathias Beach, Creta Houses, Creta Houses Real Estate, Crete beaches, Crete luxury real estate, Crete Real Estate, Crete villas for sale, Gulf of Mesara, Kalamaki, Kommos Beach, luxury island villas, luxury villas, matala, Paxamadia Islets, Tympaki

Crete’s Governor Arnautakis Makes Health Tourism Priority

2023-07-17 by Phil Butler

Crete Governor

Governor Arnaoutakis was with decision makers at ELITOUR to discuss making health tourism a priority for Crete.

Tags: Aldemar Royal Mare, Blue Palace Elounda, Crete Governor, Crete tourism, dental tourism, ELITOUR, Emmotropia Eye Clinic, eye surgery, health tourism Crete, Ioannis Aslanides, Ioannis Liapakis, Opsis Clinical, Stavros Arnaoutakis

Nine More Remarkable Places Via Cretan Beaches

2023-07-17 by Phil Butler

Milatos Cave

An impactful collection of Crete imagery from the creator of Cretan Beaches, Alexandros Roniotis

Tags: Agia Paraskevi, Alexandros Roniotis, Ancient Naxos at Oxa, Anna Karfaki, Asterousia Mountains, Cretan Beaches, Crete attractions, Crete beaches, Crete waterfalls, Elafonisi, Elounda, Fodele, Fodele Beach, Fodele Beach & Water Park Holiday Resort, Libyan Sea, Petrigiari Cove, Sarakina Gorge, South Crete, Spili, Taverna Mitato

Remembering Markos Ladomenos – One of the Small gods of Crete

2023-07-08 by Phil Butler

Markos Ladomenos

Our family was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of a dear friend, Markos Ladomenos (1945 – 2023), from the village of Galatas. He was a great man in the same way we call such people “the small gods of Crete.” Here is a sliver of his story and my parting words for him […]

Tags: Agia Ioannis Church, Galatas, Galatas gold, Markos Ladomenos, Minoan feast, Minoan gold, Minoan palace, Minoan temple, To mourelo tou Ladomenou, tomb raiders

In Galatas July 7th and 8th -The 26th Annual Capriko Festival

2023-07-06 by Phil Butler

Galatas Kaprico

Coming up July 7th and 8th in Galatas, Crete, the 26th Capriko Feast is a regional events highlighted by special Cretan gastronomy.

Tags: Caprico Festival, Capriko Feast, Crete food, food festivals, Galata Pediados Cultural Association, Galatas, Galatas Palace, Galatas village, Kaprico

Greece’s July Sporting and Cultural Events 2023

2023-07-01 by Phil Butler

2022 Aegean 600

This month a series of high key sporting and cultural events will take place across Greece.

Tags: Aegean 600, arts festivals, Greece, Greece arts, Greece cultural events, Greece dance festivals, Greece tourism, Greek culture, IMA - Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge, Karlovasi, Samos events

A Luxurious Akrotiri Peninsula Villa in Chania Lists for €4.5M

2023-06-30 by Phil Butler

Chania luxury villa

A luxurious five-bedroom, five-bath villa on the Akrotiri Peninsula overlooking Chania offers 750 sqm of elegant contemporary living space.

Tags: Akrotiri Peninsula, Akrotiri property, Chania properties, Chania villas, Crete homes, Crete Houses, Crete luxury villas, Crete properties, Crete property investing, Greek properties, Profitis Ilias neighborhood, Real Estate Greece

Don’t Let Them Hijack Regenerative Tourism

2023-06-30 by Phil Butler

Brazil house, in the Lençois Maranhenses

Regeneration International says big corporations are hijacking the regenerative agriculture trend. The same hijack is occurring in travel.

Tags: Coral Bloom, F-Zeen Boutique Hotel, Hyatt, Hyatt Hotels, Neom, Orama Hospitality Group, PR spin, Red Sea Project, regenerative agriculture, Regenerative Economics, regenerative hijack, regenerative travel, Saudi Araba land use, Saudi developments, Saudi PR, Shurayrah Island

This Stunning Rethymno Home is Listed for €1.6M

2023-06-27 by Phil Butler

Wade outside Rethymno

Wade, an impressive contemporary villa in Rethymno, on Crete’s south coast, is listed by Greece Sotheby’s International Realty for €1.6M

Tags: crete, Crete homes, Crete luxury homes, Crete Real Estate, golden visa, Greece Golden Visa, luxury homes, Rethymno property, Rethymno real estate, Rethymno villas, Wade villa, Wade Villa Wade

A Luxurious Villa in Apokoronas Offers Stunning Views and More

2023-06-22 by Phil Butler

Luxury villa overlooking Souda Bay

A luxurious 259 sqm seafront villa in Plaka Village, Apokoronas, Crete lists for only €1.2M, and offers unbelievable views of Souda Bay.

Tags: Almyrida, Apokoronas, Chania property, Crete luxury villas, Crete Real Estate, Crete villas, Greece villas, Kalyves, luxury real estate, Souda Bay, Vamos

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