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The Region of Crete Brings the 20th Hidden Treasure Hunt to Heraklion

2023-04-06 by Argophilia Travel News

PIGS

The 20th annual Hidden Treasure Hunt takes place in Heraklion Sunday, April 9, 2023.

Tags: crete, Crete events, DIKEI, Heraklion, Heraklion events, Pigs, Region of Crete

Heraklion’s Coastal Venetian Walls Get Much-Needed Attention

2022-11-23 by Argophilia Travel News

Koules Fortress

The Region of Crete announces a partnership with Greece’s Ministry of Culture and the Heraklion to restore part of the city’s Venetian Walls. 

Tags: Crete 2014-2020, Crete landmarks, Greece, Heraklion, Heraklion city, Heraklion landmarks, historic restoration, Koules Fortress, Lina Mendoni, Minas Papadakis, Stavros Arnautakis, Vassilis Lambrinos, Venetian Walls

Heraklion’s Nikos Kazantzakis Airport Closed Due to Storms

2022-10-15 by Phil Butler

Heraklion Airport on Crete

Heraklion’s Nikos Kazantzakis Airport has closed until at least 3 PM because of horrendous weather and flooding due to sweeping rainstorms over Crete.

Tags: 112, Crete rain, Crete storms, Crete weather, Heraklion, heraklion weather, Nikos Kazantzakis, Nikos Kazantzakis Airport, storms

Heraklion Presents “A Traditional Dance Studio” in Three Performances

2022-07-25 by Phil Butler

Theater

Crete Region and the Association for the Dissemination of Greek Traditional Dances and Music will present “A Traditional Dance Studio.”

Tags: Bell of the Barbers, Bethlehem Gate, Culture workshop, Greece culture, Heraklion events, Heraklion plays, Region of Crete, summer events, traditional dance

Greece Tourism Minister in Heraklion Discussing Season So Far

2022-07-14 by Phil Butler

Greece's Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias

Greece Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias praised Heraklion as a fine example of cooperation between tourism operators and local authorities.

Tags: alternative tourism, Crete tourism, farm to table, gastronomy, Greece 2022, Heraklion, Heraklion Mayor, IHF Beach Handball, Karteros Beach, Karteros Beach Sports Complex, Mayor Vassilis Labrinos, Organic farming, Panagiotis Magganas, Peskesi, tourism 2022, Tourism Ministry, Vassilis Kikilias

Wizz Air Cuts Flights to Heraklion on Crete

2022-07-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Wizz Air

Budget airline Wizz Air has reduced Summer flights to Heraklion from Cardiff Airport as part of a reduction in its overall capacity.

Tags: Cardiff, crete, Crete flights, Greece, Greece tourism, UK tourists, Wales tourists, Wizz Air, Wizz Air flights

Modern Ceramics Exhibition at Archaeological Museum of Heraklion

2022-07-09 by Phil Butler

ceramic exhibit

Yesterday, the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion opened a fabulous Periodic Exhibition of Modern Ceramics by the Ichni Ceramics Team. This 7th iteration of contemporary works in ceramic by 25 ceramicists was co-organized with the Ichni Ceramics Group, The exhibition, which has free admission, is in the Polytechnic Hall of Apps and will run until August […]

Tags: ancient art, Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, ceramic art, ceramics, Crete archaeology, Crete ceramics, Crete event, Crete exhibitions, Elena Vasilantonaki, Giannis Zois, Greece art, Greece ceramics, Greece2022, Greek artists, Heraklion, Ichni Ceramics, Konstantina Morou, Maria Vlanti, Maro Theodorou, Stavros Perakis

IHF Beach Handball Championships Continue at Karteros in Heraklion

2022-06-18 by Phil Butler

IHF 2022 Beach Handball World Championships

Today, the knockout round in the Youth division features the quarter-finals and the semi-finals leading to tomorrow’s championship match.

Tags: crete, Crete events, Greece events, Greece2022, handball, Heraklion, Heraklion events, IHF, IHF 2022, IHF Beach Handball, IHF Beach Handball World Championships, IHF Crete, IHF World Championships, Karteros, Karteros Beach, Sports on Crete, What's On In Heraklion

Now in Heraklion – The 2022 IHF Beach Handball World Championships

2022-06-17 by Phil Butler

IHF World Championships

This week and next, on the pristine beach of Karteros, the IHF Beach Handball World Championships will decide who’s best on Earth.

Tags: 2022 sports, beach ball, Beach Handball Championships, Beach Handball World Championships, Crete events, Crete storts, handball, Heraklion beaches, IHF 2022, IHF Crete, IHF World Championships, International Handball Federation, Karteros Beach, Youth handball

In Heraklion: Cities on Volcanoes 11 Summit Features World’s Top Experts

2022-06-15 by Phil Butler

Cities on Volcanoes 11

The Cities on Volcanoes 11 Conference is in Heraklion this week featuring some of the world’s foremost volcanologists.

Tags: COV11, Crete geology, Crete Island, Evi Nomikou, Heraklion events, International Conference of Vulcanologist, Keftiu, Minoan Civilization, Minoan destruction, Region of Crete, Santorini eruption, scientific conferences, volcanology

MTS Globe To Launch Two Five-Star Hotels In Heart of Heraklion

2022-05-24 by Phil Butler

25th August Street

Theodore Milonakis, Managing Director of MTS Globe Greece says the firm will invest 11-12 million euros to launch two five-star hotels.

Tags: city hotels, Crete hotels, Greek hotels, Heraklion hotels, Heraklion news, Luxury Hotels, MTS Globe, Theodore Milonakis

Hashtag #Heraklion: Ready for Shaky Christmas 2021

2021-12-04 by Phil Butler

Christmas on Dedalou

Christmas 2021 in Heraklion won’t be anything like it was in the past. Too much has changed. But one sliver of hope remains. The promise.

Tags: Christmas 2021, Christmas Crete, crete, Crete seasons, Crumb, Crumb Healthy Living, Dadalou, Eleftheria Square, Heraklion shops

Crete’s Capital of Heraklion Shaken by 6.2 Magnitude Earthquake [Updates]

2021-09-27 by Phil Butler

USGS

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit Crete this morning according to the earliest reports from the European Mediterranean Seismological Center.

Tags: 6.2 quake, Aegean Earthquake, Crete earthquake, earthquake, EMSC, Greece earthquake, Heraklion earthquake, strong earthquake

The Heraklion Gastronomy Festival Opens Today at the Venetian Harbor

2021-09-24 by Phil Butler

Heraklion Gastronomy Festival

Friday September 24th – Monday the 27th, locals and visitors to Crete can enjoy the Heraklion Gastronomy Festival at the Venetian Harbor.

Tags: "Chainides", Aquila Atlantis Hote, chef table, Cretan diet, crete, Crete events, Crete festivals, Crete food, culinary events, Dina Nikolaou, gastronomy, George and Nikos Stratakis, Greece gastronomy, Heraklion, Heraklion nights, Koules, Municipality of Heraklion, Nektaria Kokkinak, Region of Crete, Solo Beer, Tasos Papadakis, Venetian Fortress, Visit Heraklion, Yiannis Baxevanis

Heraklion MPs Urge Government to Dredge the Inlet to Tsoutsouras Marina

2021-08-26 by Phil Butler

Tsoutsouras

SYRIZA Heraklion MPs Nikos Igoumenidis, Socratis Vardakis, and Haris Mamoulakis demand support for the marina in Tsoutsouras.

Tags: Ancient Inatos, Crete maritime, Crete ports, Haris Mamoulakis, Inatos, Nikos Igoumenidis, Socratis Vardakis, South Crete, Tsoutsouras, Tsoutsouras Cultural Association, Tsoutsouras marina, Tsoutsouras port

“Islands of the Winds” Exhibition Opens at Heraklion’s Venetian Fortress

2021-07-08 by Phil Butler

Islands of the Winds

The “Islands of the winds. The nautical culture of the Prehistoric Aegean” exhibition opens at Koules Fortress on the harbor of Heraklion.

Tags: archaeology, crete, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Dr. Vasiliki Sythiakaki, Ephorate of Antiquities of Heraklion, Golden Age, Heraklion Ephorate of Antiquities, Heraklion events, Heraklion exhibitions, Institute of Classical Archaeology Heidelberg University, Islands of the Winds, Kostas Phasoulakis, Koules Fortress, Minoan Civilization, Minoans, Mrs. Stella Archontak, Region of Crete, sustainability, sustainable Earth, Thalassocracy, University of Heidelberg

Another 4.2 Magnitude Quake Rocks Heraklion Prefecture Villages

2021-07-06 by Phil Butler

Galatiani Kefala

An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter occurred on the outskirts of Heraklion on Crete Monday evening just before midnight.

Tags: aftershocks, Arkalochori, earthquake, Greece earthquakes, Heraklion earthquake, Heraklion prefecture, Institute of Geodynamics, Minoa Pediada, Minoan Pediada, National Observatory of Athens, Thrapsano

HRADF to Announce Heraklion Port Share Turnover

2021-03-04 by Phil Butler

Heraklion Port

HRADF will announce the winners of international tender for the sale of a majority stake in Heraklion Port.

Tags: Crete tourism, cruise Greece, cruise tourism, Greek ports, Heraklion port, HRADF, overtourism, Santorini Dave, sustainable tourism

Heraklion MP Igoumenidis Lambasts Mitsotakis Over Heraklion “Red” Alert

2021-02-20 by Phil Butler

Nikos Igoumenidis

In a just-published press release from Heraklion MP Dr. Nikos E. Igoumenidis, the cardiologist parliamentarian lambasts the Mitsotakis administration over Heraklion, Crete’s current coronavirus “red” status.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Crete pandemic, Greece health system, Heraklion MP, Heraklion pandemic, Mitsotakis, Nikos E. Igoumenidis, Nikos Igoumenidis, PAGNI Hospital, Pandemic red zones, red zones, Venizelio Hospital

Heraklion in Other Words and Pictures: Our Special Home

2021-02-20 by Phil Butler

Koules Fortress

More of the moments and treasures about Heraklion, captured and shared via Instagram. This unique city has a beauty all its own.

Tags: Greece, Greece destinations, Greek cities, Heraklion, Heraklion city, Heraklion photos, Heraklion streets

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