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Crete Experiencing False Spring Until Week’s End

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Today on Crete island it feels like Spring as unseasonally warm air masses now cover large parts of Europe. Temperatures Monday and Tuesday will approach 20°C. According to the National Observatory of Athens weather service ”Meteo”, this warming trend is expected to continue into next week, as even hotter air masses dominate the Mediterranean Sea. […]

Crete’s Stunning New Archaeological Museum of Mesara Opens

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Crete’s Governor Stavros Arnaoutakis and other officials open the new Archaeological Museum of Mesara.

5 More Amazing Crete Gorges Nature Lovers Must Trek

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Crete is an unbelievable landscape cut by canyons and gorges for millions of years. The topography of the island is unique in that these rifts in the bedrock of the island form create hundreds of individual pockets of natural bounty. The island is even called the “land of gorges” since more than 400 canyons carve […]

Hidden Crete: Secrets of the Gorge of Saints and Agiofarago

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Agiofarago Gorge, is an amazing canyon in the south of Heraklion Prefecture tourists who visit the island paradise seldom know exists.

The Best Crete Hotels For Business Travelers In 2020

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While doing business on Crete can be tough with so many distractions, we know this selection of the island’s best will help 2020 . travelers

National Geographic Traveler Russia Names Greece “Best Beach Holiday Destination for 2019”

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Greece took the top spot in a National Geographic Traveler Russia vote recently. The Russian version of the famous travel magazine named Greece the “Best Beach Holiday Destination of 2019.” And while Greece’s tourism ministry is anxious to take kudos, the editor of Argophilia Travel News has his say too. According to the announcement by […]

Hidden Crete: Almiros Gorge

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Travelers visiting Crete and her capital in Heraklion never get to experience many of the hidden gems just off the beaten path. Almiros Gorge, a few hundred meters from the beach at Amoudara, is one such treasure of hidden Crete. I took a short trip there with my best pal Minas, earlier this morning. Here’s […]