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Crete’s Governor Invites World Professionals to Work from Paradise

2021-03-03 by Phil Butler

Region of Crete

Crete invites the world’s digital nomads to move to the island to work and live in paradise.

Tags: crete, Crete Island, Crete University, digital nomads, distance learning, living on Crete, Region of Crete, remote working, Stavros Arnaoutakis, Work from Crete, working remotely

Scientists Say Arctic and Eastern Med Hardest Hit by Climate Change

2021-03-01 by Argophilia Travel News

Santorini heat

According to CLIMPACT scientists, Greece may be the hardest hit by climate change effects. Rising temperatures to effect crop yields.

Tags: climate change, CLIMPACT, crete, crop damage, drought, Eastern Mediterranean, Greece crops, Greece economy, hydrology, National Observatory of Athens, Nikos Michalopoulos, Southern Europe, water table

Knossos Impressions: Beneath the Ruined Columns of Paradise

2021-01-27 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Minoan Palace at Knossos

Knossos, the ancient seat of a peaceful empire, has lost none of its charm, mysticism, or power over the centuries.

Tags: Arthur Evans, crete, Crete attractions, Dolphin frescoe, Heraklion attractions, Knossos frescoes, Knossos Palace, Minoan Civilization, Minoan Mysteries, Minoans, Palace at Knossos, Prince of the Lilies, visit Knossos

Crete Tops TravelSupermarket UK List of Desired 2021 Destinations

2021-01-21 by Argophilia Travel News

Agiofarago beach

Online comparison site TravelSupermarket says Crete is the most popular holiday destination for British travelers in 2021.

Tags: Brit travelers, crete, Crete 2021, Destination Crete, Greece tourism, top travel destinations 2021, travel choices, TravelSupermarket, UK tourists

Greece Offers Tax Breaks to International Remote Working Professionals

2021-01-19 by Delia Gavrilescu

Kissamos taverna

Greece set to lure international professionals to work remotely with tax breaks that could reverse the brain drain the country suffers of.

Tags: brain drain, COVID-19 Greece, crete, Greece, Greece immigration, Greece incentives, Kissamos, Working in Greece

Winter in Crete Via the Most Amazing Instagram Shares

2021-01-18 by Phil Butler

Koloklythas Beach

Crete in winter is a natural wonderland of beauty, and solitude like nowhere else on Earth. Here’s a selection of shares to tantalize you.

Tags: Chania, crete, Crete offseason, Crete winters, Frangokástello Beach, Gramvousa, Greece winters, Ierapetra, Lassithi Plateau, Mt. Ida, Omalós, Psiloritis, Sfakia, Visit Crete, White Mountains, Yerápetra

Greece Named Top Sustainable Food Destination for 2021

2021-01-18 by Delia Gavrilescu

Cretan Diet

According to Lonely Planet’s ‘Best in Travel 2021’ list, Greece is the top sustainable food destination in the world.

Tags: best of, crete, culinary destinations, culinary travel, destinations, Filoxenia, food destination, food travel, foodie destinations, gastronomy, lonely planet

Why Can’t Greek Officials Imagine Tourism Alternatives?

2021-01-02 by Phil Butler

Aravanes and Amari

The tourism situation in Greece calls for new thinking. Meanwhile, Athens decisionmakers are locked into old ways of doing business.

Tags: AirBnb, Amir Benesh, Aravanes Traditional Tavern, Blue Palace in Elounda, budget tourism, cheap travel, crete, Crete vacations, Crete villas, five-star hotels, Greece resorts, Greece sustainability, Greece tourism, Greek hotels, Mykonos, TUI, TUI BLUE Elounda Village, TUI deals

Hashtag #Crete: The Best of the Island Via Instagram

2020-12-31 by Phil Butler

Crete serenity

Locals and travelers have the best ideas for capturing the magic of this unique island paradise via Instagram. Here are some from 2020.

Tags: 2020, crete, Crete destinations, Crete grams, Crete Island, Elounda, Falasarna, instagram, Instagram Crete, Katholiko monastery, Maria Sifaki, Mesara, Paxamadia Islets, Psiloritis, villages, Zaros

Hilton Announces First Resort on Crete Opening 2021

2020-12-17 by Delia Gavrilescu

Royal Senses Resort

Hilton just signed an agreement with Troulis Royal Collection to open The Royal Senses Resort Crete, Curio Collection by Hilton in 2021.

Tags: crete, Crete hotels, Crete stay, Curio Collection by Hilton, Hilton, Hilton Hotels, Hilton resorts, Hilton Worldwide, Rethymno

Crete’s Natural Treasures: The Poetic Awe of Oreino Gorge

2020-12-01 by Phil Butler

Pristerionas Waterfall

The hidden “Butterfly Gorge” is an Eden-like canyon leaeding from the tiny mountain village of Oreino to the Libyan Sea.

Tags: crete, Crete gorges, Crete hikes, Crete nature, Dasaki Taverna, Kaliotzína Taverna, Kostas Karyotakis, Koutsounari Traditional Cottages, Koutsouras, Lassithi, Orino Gorge, Orno Crete, Orno VIllage, Red Butterfly Gorge, Scarlett Butterfly Gorge

Survey Shows the Dutch Favor Greece for Her Sunny Beaches and Smiles

2020-11-24 by Argophilia Travel News

A recent survey by Griekenland.net attempts to explain why the Dutch love traveling to Greece so much.

Tags: crete, Crete hotels, Dutch travelers, Greece resorts, Greek beaches, Greek hotels, Griekenland.net, Mythos Palace Resort, Netherlands tourists

Heraklion, Crete Named EU’s Most Resilient City for Travel

2020-11-18 by Argophilia Travel News

Lion's Fountain

A report from ECM-ForwardKeys names Crete’s capital of Heraklion as the EU’s most resilient major city in terms of tickets issued for travel.

Tags: Athens, crete, Crete tickets, ECM-ForwardKeys, Greece destinations, Heraklion, Heraklion tickets, Naples

Does the Quest to Find Eden Begin and End on Crete?

2020-11-16 by Phil Butler

Expulsion from Eden

Crete has a deep and mysterious history that may never be unravelled. That is, unless we pursue from varied angles.

Tags: Aegean history, Akhenaten, Amarna, Amenhotep III, ancient mariners, Asphendou Cave, Aten, Atlantis, bigpeds, crete, Crete Island, early man, first humanoids, Gerard D. Gierliński, J. D. S. Pendlebury, Marcus van der Erve, Mediterranean, Messinian Salinity Crisis, Minoan seafaring, Minoans, Neferneferuaten Nefertiti, Olmecs, Paleolithic art, Plakias Crete, Pleistocene, pre-humans, prehistoric Crete, stone tools, Thomas Strasser, Trachilos footprints

Crete Island Digs Out In the Aftermath of Torrential Rains

2020-11-12 by Phil Butler

As Crete locals begin to dig out from under the mud and silt washed seaward by torrential rains, the extent of the destruction becomes more clear.

Tags: crete, Crete flooding, Crete rainfall, Crete weather, flooding, Gouves flood, Greece, Hersonissos flood, Kato Gouves, severe weather

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