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OPEN HOUSE Chania: Free Guided Tours of Architectural Wonders

2022-06-08 by Argophilia Travel News

Open House

June 12th and 13th in Chania, an OPEN HOUSE pop-up event offers visitors free of charge guided tours of the city’s architectural wonders. 

Tags: architecture, Chania, Chania tours, Crete events, Crete tours, events, guided tours, Open House, Open House Athens, Visit Chania, Visit Crete

TUI Cruises Big Mein Schiff 6 Sneaks Into Port at Heraklion

2020-09-19 by Phil Butler

TUI Cruises

TUI Cruises’ Mein Shiff 6 steams into Heraklion’s port virutally unnotticed. The German company manages to become the first to redux cruising in Greece.

Tags: all inclusive, Crete citizens, Crete cruises, Crete ports, Crete tours, Fritz Joussen, German cruise line, Greece hotels, Greece restaurants, Greek cruises, Greek spas, Heraklion cruises, Heraklion port, Mein Schiff 6, sustainable tourism, TUI

Fit in Crete Scheduled Excursions August 16th Through 22nd

2020-08-16 by Argophilia Travel News

Kayaking off Falasarna Beach

Fit in Crete has scheduled cool e-bike rides in the mountains, lots of swimming & kayaking, and cave explorations for August 16th-22nd.

Tags: Crete adventures, Crete diving, Crete experiences, Crete shipwrecks, Crete snorkel, Crete tours, Falasarna, Fit in Crete, kayaking Crete, Kissamos

Kayak Crete’s West Coast With Fit in Crete August 6th

2020-08-04 by Argophilia Travel News

Kayaking off Falasarna

Coming up August 6th, adventurers who want to explore the west of Crete island by sea-kayak can have the experience of a lifetime.

Tags: Crete adventures, Crete kayaking, Crete tours, Fit in Crete, Kayaking, Kissamos, Sea Kayaks, Snorkel Crete, snorkeling, West Crete

What’s Happening On Crete: The Weekend of July 26, 2020

2020-07-27 by Phil Butler

Falasarna Beach Sunset

Happenenings on the island of Crete for the weekending July 26, 2020. Stories of the Cretan people and their leisure activities in paradise.

Tags: Ariadne Sailing Trips, Blue Water Club, Cretans, Crete attractions, Crete excursions, Crete Island, Crete people, Crete sailing, Crete tours, Crete trips, Crete Urban Adventures, Crete weekend, Giorgos Kissanakis, Grecian Lux, Grecianlux, Heraklion, Heraklion people, Heraklion walks, luxury Crete, Manolis Deligiannakis, Maria Papadaki, Michalis Deligiannakis, paragliding, Paragliding Crete Power FLY, Rebecca Shevaki, Rebecca Skevaki, Rethymno marina, Venetian Walls

What’s Happening On Crete: The Weekend of July 12th, 2020

2020-07-14 by Phil Butler

Sunrise over Lygaria

This past weekend Cretans mixed business and pleasure, which is a kind of tradition that will probably suit the post-pandemic era as well.

Tags: Antonis Kallitsakis, Around Heraklion, Cactus Beach Resort & Bungalows, Cretan Urban Adventures, Crete attractions, Crete beaches, Crete events, Crete Island, Crete people, Crete tours, Crete travel, CreteSummer2020, Eleni Bantouraki, Galatas, Greek summer, Greeks, Hacienda, Lygaria, Maria Sifaki, Menies Beach, Michael Kallergishas, Minas E. Liapakis, Rebecca Skevaki, Seaking Adventures, Sitia, Stelios Kanakis

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

Region of Crete and “Diazoma” To Cooperate for Upgrading Minoan Palaces

2020-05-07 by Phil Butler

Knossos

The Region of Crete and the association “Diazoma” have just signed a memorandum of cooperation for promoting and upgrading the Minoan Palaces.

Tags: Costas Fasoulakis, crete, Crete attractions, Crete tours, cultural heritage, Diazoma, Fasoulakis Costas, heritage, Knossos, Kostas Fasoulakis, Kriti, Minoan Crete, Minoan palaces, Minoans, Region of Crete, Stavros Arnaoutakis, Stavros Benno

Crete Gets Tourism Ministry Support for Special Interest Travel Segment

2019-11-15 by Argophilia Travel News

Tholos Beach

Greece’s Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis has offered support for the Region of Crete to develop special interest tourism products.

Tags: Crete tourism, Crete tours, Crete travel, Governor Stavros Arnaoutakis, Greece tourism, Harry Theoharis, tourism, tourism minister

Virtuoso | Luxury Tourism: Greece a Top Destinations in the World for 2020

2019-10-21 by Argophilia Travel News

sexy traveler

Travelers are prioritizing trips now, with the belief customized experiences are the best value, according to a Virtuoso® Luxe Report.

Tags: Crete tours, customer journey, Greece destinations, Greece tours, luxurious accommodation, luxury tours, luxury travel, tasty travel, travel 2020, travel destinations, travel experience

Moscow TV Producer Ramilya Gilyazova and the Cretan Paradise

2019-08-07 by Phil Butler

TV Producer Ramilya Gilyazova

A couple of weeks back we had the privilege of spending time with one of Russia’s most successful TV producers here on Crete. Ramilya Gilyazova of Channel 360, was on Greece’s biggest island for two weeks in June and July, and we thought to get her impressions about the island. We spent a few days […]

Tags: Agia Pelagia, Anna Bastakis, crete, Crete tours, Crete Urban Adventures, Crete visitors, Fodele Beach & Water Park Resort, Minoan Theater, Moscow TV, Ramilya Gilyazova, Rebecca Skevaki, SeaScape Luxury Residences, TV 360, συρτάκι

Chania Carries on in 2019 the Program of Free Tours of the Municipality

2019-05-31 by Argophilia Travel News

Free Chania Tours

For 2019 the highly successful program of free tours of the Municipality of Chania “CONSCIOUS OF THE POPULAR US” is to continue.

Tags: Chania lighthouse, Chania Municipality, Chania tours, Chania travel, Crete tours, Free Chania Tours, Monastery of Agia Kyriaki, Visit Chania

Crete Rakes in 1/3 of All Greek Tourism: But Beware a Foreboding

2018-12-26 by Phil Butler

Over tourism

The island of Crete experienced a stellar tourism season for 2018 with roughly €5 billion euro being spent from January through October, according to figures from the Bank of Greece. Overall, Greece saw travel receipts exceed €15.6 billion, which is an increase of 9.9%, compared to the same period of 2017 and is primarily due […]

Tags: Bank of Greece, crete, Crete tourism, Crete tours, Egypt tours, Greece tourism, Greek tourism, INSETE, SETE, TUI, Turkey tourism

Heraklion Hosts 20th FEG European Tourist Guide Meeting and AGM

2018-11-19 by Argophilia Travel News

FEG

Opening tomorrow in Heraklion, Crete, the European Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (FEG) presents the 20th European Tourist Guides Meeting and Delegates Annual General Meeting (AGM) to run from 20-25 November 2018.

Tags: Crete hospitality, Crete tour guides, Crete tours, Europe tours, European Tourist Guides, FEG, Greece tours, Heraklion event, Heraklion events, Heraklion meetings, tour guides, tours

DER Touristik Travel Calls 2019 the “Year of Greece”

2018-11-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Der Touristik

The islands of Crete, Kos, Rhodes, and Samos have been set as top destinations for DER Touristik clients for 2019, according to the company’s CEO of Central Europe, René Herzog.

Tags: Crete tours, Greece, Greece tourism, Greece travel, kos, Rhodes, tours, Travelix

Crete and Lasithi Reach Out to Polish Travelers Thru Itaka

2018-10-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Itaka

A leading Polish tour operator, Itaka will have representatives in Heraklion from October 21st thru 24th to sample Cretan touristic product.

Tags: Agricultural Cooperative of Kritsa, Crete tours, Heraklion, Itaka, Kritsa, Lasithi, Poland travel, Si Mel, Sitia, tour companies, tours

5 Remote Places Nature Lovers Must Visit on Crete

2018-10-16 by Phil Butler

Sarakina

For travelers who want to escape the madness of urban life, Crete is an iconic natural wonderland just waiting. Here time stands still in the remote regions where eternity meets majestic landscapes. For those adventurous enough to seek out pristine nature and tranquility, here’s a new selection of Crete nature lover treasures off the beaten […]

Tags: Cretan Daily Cruises, crete, Crete destinations, Crete tours, Domata Beach, Glyka Nera Beach, Koufonissi Island, Stefanou Beach

Crete’s Nikos Igoumenidis on Tourism Trends for 2018

2018-05-22 by Phil Butler

Nikos Igoumenidis

A few days ago Argo News had the opportunity to discuss with Greek parliamentarian, Dr. Nikos Igoumenidis, the importance of emerging tourism trends and the necessary shift by all stakeholders.

Tags: agritoursim, crete, Crete 2018, Crete tours, Crete travel, Greece, Homer, Nikos Igoumenidis, sustainability, sustainable tourism

850 Students Join “The Crete Trip 2018”

2018-05-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Crete Trip 2018

During the Crete trip, from May 10 to 13, international students will travel along with volunteers from the network to learn about Cretan culture via its music, flavors and tours of the island

Tags: Crete events, Crete tours, Crete Trip, Crete Trip 2018, educational travel, Erasmus Student Network, ESN, Greece, student travel

10 Reasons “Crete” Should Be TripAdvisor’s Number One Destination

2018-03-22 by Phil Butler

Elafonisi Beach

TripAdvisor’s Top 25 Destinations of Europe 2018 were just announced, and Crete now sits at prestigious No. 4. However, us Minoans take great offense at not being chosen number one, since we gave you roads, usable toilets, and the world’s greatest EVER jewelry.

Tags: Agia Roumeli, crete, Crete adventure, Crete adventures, Crete destinations, Crete tours, Crete travel, Filoxenia, Incredible Crete, Matala Plain, Minoan treasures, raki, siga-siga, TripAdvisor

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