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The Best Insta-Sunsets from Amazing Crete Island

A collection of the best Instagram sunset images from around Crete Island. Amazing inta-sunsets from an island paradise like no…

Europe’s Bureaucrats: Making the Minoans a Footnote of History

Today, the fate of some of the world’s most treasured Minoan landmarks is still mired in a European bureaucratic bog.

Greek Ministers Join Russian Cosmonauts Inaugurating Heraklion’s Yuri Gagarin Park

Greece’s Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura and Crete’s Governor Stavros Arnaoutakis, joined four of Russia’s most distinguished cosmonauts to inaugurate Yuri…

The Legend of Glaucus of Crete: Divining Ancient Mysteries

The following story-report brings to the forefront the question “When do we consider a multitude of coincidences key parts of…

Terroir by Alexandra Manousakis

The story of Terroir by Alexandra Manousakis, of Crete and the legacy her father and other winemakers seek to perpetuate.

Crete Storm Damage Will Exceed €100 Million Euro

The storm damage to roads, buildings, and the local infrastructure of Crete will exceed €100 million euro, according to the…

Coming up in Chania, the art exhibition “Ney Matogrosso”

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Chania, “Ney Matogrosso – Handsome as a…

Two Days Staring Into the Eternal On Incredible Crete

Crete is a multifaceted mystery, a layer cake of human civilization made up of more than 5,000 years of history,…

Winter On Crete: An Adventure in a Normal Paradise

A weekend jaunt in the countryside of Crete ends up in a reintroduction to what it means to really be…

Time Machine: “Travel Without a Passport” – Crete 1959 [Film]

"A Trip to Crete" is a rare film from France from the 1950's, a short that took the French filmmakers…

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

The island of Crete experienced a stellar tourism season for 2018 with roughly €5 billion euro being spent from January…

4th BRANDTOUR Project Meetup Hammers Out Crete Experiential Tourism

This week the fourth stakeholders’ meeting of the BRANDTour project addressed further actions and good practices for propelling experiential tourism…

East Crete Region Hosts “Modern Trends in the Tourist Market”

The Economic Chamber of Greece Regional Department of Eastern Crete hosted an event, "Modern Trends in the Tourist Market," which…

Making a Dent in Marble Headed Greek Beurocrats

In the late Spring of 2018 the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Hellenic Ministry of Tourism and the…

For Sustainable Crete: A Last Chance for Philoxenia

The recent FVW Workshop hosted on Crete may serve as a warning that government and corporate interests care little for…

Searching Instagram for the Glow of Crete’s Ierapetra

I thought to share some of the best images with Argo readers, but first a little bit about marvelous Ierapetra.

INSETE Study Lays Groundwork for Truly Sustainaable Greece Tourism

Numbers from a new study released by INSETE, the Greek Tourism Confederation’s (SETE) intelligence body show big growth on lesser…

Thomas Cook and LMEY Investments Eyeball “Healthy” Deals in Greece

News that Thomas Cook Hotel Investments and Swiss hotel development group LMEY Investments, raised €40 million to invest in hotels…

Grecotel Creta Palace Hosts Olive Tourism Event in Rethymno

Last month in Rethymno Grecotel Creta Pallas hosted the "World Olive Day: Expanding Olive Oil Tourism in Crete," to bring…

Chania’s Domus Renier Boutique Wins Best Historic Hotel Award

Chania's Domus Renier Boutique Hotel has just been awarded Europe's Best Historic Hotel by Historic Hotels Worldwide for 2018.