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Agia Pelagia Beach

Two New Crete Wellness Retreats for 2023

2023-03-03 by Phil Butler

Acro Suites Agia Pelagia

Acro Suites and Pnoé Breathing Life are two luxurious Crete wellness retreats opening for the 2023 summer season.

Tags: 5-Star wellness, Acro Suites, Agia Pelagia Beach, Amnisos Beach, beach hotels, Crete hotels, Crete wellness, Heraklion hotels, Heraklion resorts, Karteros Beach, Karteros Sports Complex, Mononaftis Bay, Pnoé Breathing Life, wellness retreats

Crete’s 2022 Summer: Already Burning With Fun

2022-05-25 by Phil Butler

Road to Sitia

Crete is already buzzing with travelers intent on experiencing a summer to remember. Here are a few of them at “bucket list” Crete places.

Tags: Agia Pelagia, Agia Pelagia Beach, Almyra Seaside Food & Cocktails, crete, Crete 2022, Crete attractions, Falasarna, Gulf of Mesara, Heraklion, instagram, Itanos, matala, Mesara Gulf, Red Beach, Samaria Gorge

Greece In Prayer Mode Over 2021 Tourism Dice Roll

2021-05-21 by Phil Butler

Agia Pelagia Beach

The reality of Greece’s 2021 tourism restart begins to sink in. Chances are, this season will end up no better than 2020.

Tags: "Blue Freedom", Agia Pelagia, Agia Pelagia Beach, Almyra Seaside Food & Cocktails, Crete beaches, Fraport, Fraport AG, Fraport Greece, Grigoris Tasios, Harry Theoharis, Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers, hotels, Mitsotakis administration, SETE, TUI, Yiannis Retsos

Greek Hospitality Makes the Big Pandemic Adjustment

2021-03-24 by Phil Butler

Aravanes

The pandemic has caused paradigm shifts in many industries. Here in Greece, hospitality businesses are rethinking guest expectations.

Tags: Agia Pelagia, Agia Pelagia Beach, Aravanes, Crete hospitality, Crete hotels, Crete vacation, Dalabelos, Delina Mountain Resort, Greece, Greece hospitality, Greece vacation, Koutsounari Traditional Cottages, Poseidonion Grand Hotel, SeaScape Luxury Residences, Thalori Retreat

How Greece Becomes the World’s Most Coveted Destination

2020-06-16 by Phil Butler

Dimitris Markakis

A talk with a Crete entrepenuer about Greece reopening to tourists and how COVID-19 had changed the tourism landscape for 2020.

Tags: Agia Pelagia, Agia Pelagia Bay, Agia Pelagia Beach, Crete tours, destinations, Dimitris Markakis, Greece travel, Greece vacation, Greek travelers, Heraklion, SeaScape Luxury Residences

A Swiss Foodie Discovering the Secrets of Cretan Cuisine

2019-07-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

tour Heraklion

Traveling Crete island earlier this summer, I came to embrace the unique culinary traditions which is the basis of the Mediterranean diet.

Tags: Agia Pelagia, Agia Pelagia Beach, Alati, Almyra Seaside Food & Cocktails, Amoudara, Cretan diet, Crete cuisine, Crete dining, Crete food, Crete foodie, Crete Urban Adventures, Fodele, Fodele Beach, food blogger, foodie blogs, foodie influencer, Greek food, Mediterranean Diet, Restaurant Trata, Taverna Giasemi, Taverna Mitato, Taverna O Nikolas, Taverna Opou Vastaxi, Trata Taverna

Crete’s Summer of 2019 Begins With Almyra in Agia Pelagia

2019-05-22 by Phil Butler

Almyra

This past weekend we had the pleasure of visiting one of our favorite Crete hangouts, the amazing Almyra Seaside Food and Cocktails, for their season opener. Located in unbelievable Agia Pelagia, Almyra is one of those places you will never forget. Here’s a recap of yet another evening of hospitality magic right on one of […]

Tags: Agia Pelagia, Agia Pelagia Bay, Agia Pelagia Beach, Almyra, Almyra Seaside Food & Cocktails, beaches, Crete business, Crete dining, Crete hangouts, Crete parties, Crete restaurants, Food Pro Group

The Best Crete Travel Deals This Spring

2019-05-05 by Phil Butler

A selection of Crete vacation deals for Spring 2019 that make the island of the Minoans a top choice.

Tags: Absolutely Travel, Agia Pelagia, Agia Pelagia Beach, Almyra Seaside Food & Cocktails, Chania, Crete stays, Crete vacations, Go Ahead Tours, hotels, SeaScape Luxury Residences, vactaions

SeaScape Luxury Residences are Agia Pelagia’s posh vacation dens on Crete

2018-06-11 by Aleksandr Shatskih

SeaScape Luxury Residences

Located one minute from the beach and the vibrant center of Agia Pelagia, the contemporary, brand new SeaScape Luxury Residences offer a discrete and refined boutique-style holiday getaway, unique for this part of Crete. All SeaScape Luxury Residences can accommodate up to four people and welcome children of any age.

Tags: Agia Pelagia, Agia Pelagia Beach, crete, Crete apartments, Crete luxury, Crete vacation, Dimitris Markakis, luxury accommodations, SeaScape, SeaScape Residences

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How Bougainvillea Became Cretan

2025-11-29 By Victoria Udrea

Bougainvillea came from far away, but in Crete it found its true home, painting the island’s villages with endless waves of color.

Cretan honey

Why Cretan Honey Is Truly Unique

2025-11-29 By Victoria Udrea

Cretan olive oil is always the star — praised endlessly, photographed lovingly, bottled proudly, and universally crowned as the island’s “liquid gold.” But quietly, patiently, without fanfare, another treasure has shaped Cretan life for thousands of years: Cretan honey. This is a honey that tastes like a landscape.A honey that carries the memory of mountains, […]

INNSiDE Elounda

INNSiDE Elounda Promises a Different Crete

2025-11-29 By Victoria Udrea

The new INNSiDE Elounda resort opens May 2026, offering luxury accommodation, private pools, wellness activities, and contemporary Greek cuisine in Elounda.

Crime in Crete

Crime in Crete Rethymno Police Event

2025-11-29 By Manuel Santos

Vendettas, knives, guns-in-the-sky weddings, tourists thinking it’s Disneyland… and the academics trying to make sense of this beautiful chaos.

Zero Stray Pawject

Minoa Pediada Launches Sterilisation and Microchipping Drive, 5–10 December

2025-11-29 By Iorgos Pappas

Minoa Pediada launches a new 5–10 December sterilisation and microchipping drive with Zero Stray Pawject, calling residents and volunteers to help reduce stray animals.

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