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Still More Incredible Crete Instagram Magic From 2021

2021-08-14 by Phil Butler

Kedrodasos

More Crete wonders from shares on Instagram. From Amari to Falasarna, and beyond, Crete is just incredible.

Tags: Amari Valley, Ana Rajic, Aravanes, Balos, Cretan diet, crete, Crete experiences, Crete getaways, dronepicr, Falasarna Beach, Irina Dalianska, Kedrodasos Beach, Minas Liapakis, Olga Stepanova, Rethymno Prefecture

Chania and Zakynthos Under New COVID-19 Restrictions

2021-08-05 by Argophilia Travel News

Chania sunset

Athens officials have now imposed a curfew and banned music on Zakynthos Island, and at Chania on Crete island.

Tags: Chania, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 response, COVID-19 restrictions, crete

Greek Summer 2021 Will Be in Chaos Unless COVID Is Controlled

2021-07-31 by Argophilia Travel News

Heathrow lines

Over the past 24 hours, Greece officials registered 2.845 new cases of COVID-19. Greece seems on the brink of tourism chaos.

Tags: amber list, COVID-19 Greece, crete, Greece tourism, iOS, Mykonos, pandemic response, red countries, Santorini, travel bans, UK travelers, vaccination rate

Greece’s South Aegean Islands Go ‘Dark Red’ as Blue Freedom Blows Up

2021-07-30 by Phil Butler

MYK Boat Club

The Greek government’s “Blue Freedom” scheme to put fill remote islands with tourists this summer just blew up in their political faces.

Tags: Blue Freedom, COVID vaccine, COVID warnings, crete, Crete COVID, Dark Red COVID List, EODY, Greece tourism, Harry Theoharis, Ios Island, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mykonos, Rhodes, Tinos island, vaccines

Some Sweet Moments From Crete Island in July 2021

2021-07-23 by Phil Butler

Katholiko Seitan

A collection of Instagram moments from Crete Island for July of 2021. Sfakia to Sitia and all in between, Crete is a vacation paradise.

Tags: beaches, Chania, crete, Crete beaches, Greek Isles, instagram, Katholiko Beach, Loutro, Preveli Beach, Sfakia, Sitia

Mykonos Leads Greece in New COVID Case Incidence Rate in 24 Hours

2021-07-23 by Argophilia Travel News

Mykonos Blu

Greece recorded 2,604 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours. The infection rate per 100,000 residents on Mykonos skyrockets.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, crete, Crete tourism, EODY, EODY report, Greece pandemic, Greece summer, Greece tourism, Mykonos

“Islands of the Winds” Exhibition Opens at Heraklion’s Venetian Fortress

2021-07-08 by Phil Butler

Islands of the Winds

The “Islands of the winds. The nautical culture of the Prehistoric Aegean” exhibition opens at Koules Fortress on the harbor of Heraklion.

Tags: archaeology, crete, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Dr. Vasiliki Sythiakaki, Ephorate of Antiquities of Heraklion, Golden Age, Heraklion Ephorate of Antiquities, Heraklion events, Heraklion exhibitions, Institute of Classical Archaeology Heidelberg University, Islands of the Winds, Kostas Phasoulakis, Koules Fortress, Minoan Civilization, Minoans, Mrs. Stella Archontak, Region of Crete, sustainability, sustainable Earth, Thalassocracy, University of Heidelberg

HIP Acquires Elounda Blue Hotel on Crete’s Northern Shore

2021-07-05 by Argophilia Travel News

Elounda Blue Hotel

Hotel Investment Partners (HIP) has acquired the Elounda Blu hotel in Greece from the hospitality group Ledra Hotels & Villas.

Tags: Agios Nikolaos, Blackstone Group, crete, Crete hotels, Crete investments, Crete resorts, Elounda, Elounda Bay, Elounda hotels, HIP, investments, Ledra Hotels & Villas, Plaka Crete, Spinalonga

Balos Lagoon: A Guide to Crete’s Most Photographed Beach

2021-06-23 by Phil Butler

Balos Lagoon

Balos Lagoon is the most recognizable and photographed in Crete, if not Greece overall. Here’s a little more info on this natural wonder.

Tags: Balos Beach, Balos Lagoon, Cape Gramvousa, Cape Tigani, crete, Crete beaches, Crete destinations, Crete gems, Gramvousa, Greek beaches, Kaliviani, Kissamos, Lady Diana, Lady Dianna, Platyskinos, Prince Charles, Princess Diana

Crete’s Businesses With An “Instagram Vibe” Going On

2021-06-12 by Phil Butler

The Syntopia Hotel

A selection of Instagram shares from businesses on Crete that have help express the Cretan vibe through their photos.

Tags: arrivato, arrivato properties, Chania, Chania hotels, crete, Crete beaches, Crete photographers, DayNight.gr, Elia & Thyme, Folia Apartments, naturist, nude beaches, Samaria Gorge, Sitia, Vassilis Kallimoukos, Vritomartis

One By Land, Or Two By Sea – Greece Says “Sustainability Be Damned”

2021-06-05 by Phil Butler

Carnival Cruise Ships

News from the 66th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission of Europe reveals the big lie, that anyone in Athens cares about sustainability.

Tags: crete, cruise lines, cruise news, Greece, Greece cruising, Greece ports, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Harry Theoharis, Hotels in Greece, Med Cruise, Santorini, sustainability, sustainable travel, Tourism in Greece, tourism minister, Travel to Greece

Greece Closer to Issuing Visas This Summer for Digital Nomads

2021-06-04 by Phil Butler

Chania sunset

The Greek government is looking to offer visas to digital nomads who have the capability of working remotely anywhere in the world.

Tags: COVID nomads, crete, Crete jobs, Crete tax plan, digital jobs, digital nomads, golden visa, Greece, Greece visas, Nikos Alexakis, nomads, pandemic, Panos Karachalios, Panos Karahalious, remote working, Tax incentives, type D visa, Work from Crete, Work from Greece, working from home

A Crete 2021 Tourism Season Instagram Reconnaissance [May 30]

2021-05-30 by Phil Butler

Crete shores

The 2021 tourism season on Crete has opened but so far there don’t seem to be too many tourists on the island. Here’s the Instagram intel.

Tags: Apollonia Beach Resort, Balos Beach, Balos Lagoon, crete, Crete 2021, Crete beaches, Crete destinations, Crete places, Crete tourism, h20 Watersports, Knossos, Knossos Palace, matala, Red Beach, Star Beach, Star Beach Hersonissos, Vai Beach

Return to Margarites and Keramion On a Quest for Simple Perfection

2021-05-20 by Phil Butler

Giorgis Delamvelas

Our search for Minoan ceramic perfection takes us back to Margarites Village and the amazing workshop Keramion.

Tags: ceramics, crete, Crete olive oil, Crete pottery, Crete products, Galatas Palace, Giorgis Delamvelas, Keftiu, Keftiu Magazine, Keramion, Kostis Christakis, Margarites Village, Mariniki Delamvelas, Minnoan art, Minoan art, Minoan ceramics, Minoan pottery, pottery classes, pottery techniques

Koutsounari Traditional Cottages: A Tripadvisor Traveler’s Choice Gem

2021-05-15 by Phil Butler

Koutsounari Traditional Cottages

One of southern Crete’s most enchanting stays, Koutsounari Traditional Cottages was just named a 2021 Travelers Choice Award winner.

Tags: COVID precautions, COVID protocols, crete, Crete hotels, Crete tavernas, Crete travel, Crete villages, Eleni Nakou, EODY, Europa Nostra, Ierapetra, Koutsounari Traditional Cottages, pet friendly, pet friendly hotels, T. Zervas, Travelers Choice, Travelers Choice 2020, Travelers Choice 2021, V. Zerva-Vozineki, Visit Crete

The Keftiu Legend: When Peace Swayed All Creatures

2021-05-14 by Phil Butler

Keftiu gifts

Knowledge of the Keftiu, the place, and the people said to have been the “nail that held up the world,” may reveal the path humanity missed.

Tags: Amphitrite, animism, Apollo, Artemis, Atlantis, Britomartis, crete, Egyptian gods, Egyptian religion, Eileithyia, El Elyon, Greatest Kouros, Hathor, Hyksos sphinxes, Knossos, Minoan gods, Minoans, Palaekastro, Palaikastro Kouros, Potnia Theron, prehistory, Rhea, Tell el-Yahudiyeh, Thera, Zeus

Crete Farmers Forced to Toss Produce Because of Pandemic

2021-05-06 by Phil Butler

Chania market

Crete’s agricultural growers are being forced to discard products on account of very low demand brought on by the pandemic.

Tags: crete, Crete Agriculture, Crete business, Crete farmers, Crete growers, Crete hotels, Crete markets, Crete products, Crete restaurants, Crete tourism, Ierapetra farmers

Crete: Birthplace of the Wild Goddess of the Hunt

2021-04-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Paximadia Islets

On Crete, there is a legend, a god or goddess, or a myth around every bend in the road or turn of a river.

Tags: Artemis, crete, Crete Island, Crete legends, Goddess Artemis, Greek gods, Gulf of Mesara, hunters, huntress, Kritikos Lagonikos, legends, Mesara, myths, Paximadia, Paximadia Islands, Paximadia Islets, Potnia, Potnio Thron

Greek Hoteliers and Politicians Launch ACME Rocket PR Campaign

2021-03-19 by Phil Butler

ACME

Greek political and business leadership launches cartoonish tourism PR campaign in the midst of record COVID-19 cases.

Tags: Clean Monday, COVID vaccine, crete, Dimitris Kalaitzidaki, EU, EU COVID response, EU Travel, Greek hoteliers, Greek hotels, Greek SMEs, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Open Tourism, public relations, Sputnik V, Sustainable Greece, tourism

Greece’s COVID “Tourism First” Strategy Is a Dangerous Disgrace

2021-03-15 by Phil Butler

Harry Theoharis

Greek officials divert much needed COVID-19 vaccines to small islands in a bid to make safe destinations for Summer.

Tags: Amphilochia, Arta, Corinth, Coronavirus vaccine, crete, EODY, Greece COVID-19, Greece tourism, Greek tourism strategy, Harry Theoharis, Heraklion COVID, island vaccine program, Kastellorizo Island, Lefkada, Mitsotakis administration, PAGNI, PAGNI Hospital, pandemic, panedemic response, Samos, Syros, Tourism Minister Theoharis, TUI, vaccine

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