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Crete Christmas

It’s Christmas and the Season for Loukoumades on Crete

2019-12-13 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Loukoumades

It’s the season on Crete for commemorative Saint Days and traditional Loukoumades, puffs of sweet joy for young and old.

Tags: Cretan specialites, Crete Christmas, Crete recipes, Greek Christmas, traditions

Heraklion Mayor Vassilis Labrinos Lights City’s Christmas Tree

2018-12-03 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Municipality of Heraklion

This past weekend Heraklion Mayor Vassilis Labrinos lit the Christmas tree in the heart of the Christmas Castle at Eleftherias Square.

Tags: Crete Christmas, Crete New Year, Heraklion Christmas, Heraklion Mayor, New Year, NowHeraklion, Vassilis Labrinos

An Easy Christmas at Ostria Resort & Spa

2017-12-29 by Phil Butler

Ostria Christmas

Three years ago, my team at Argophilia visited Crete for the first time. After the visit we took it upon ourselves to try and promote “off season” tourism on this magnificent island in the south Aegean. Unknown to us at the time, one resort had already seized upon the potential. Here’s a Christmas story from […]

Tags: Crete Christmas, Crete holidays, Ierapetra, Ierapetra Christmas, Ostria Resort & Spa




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