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Heraklion prefecture

Crete Authorities Vow to Eliminate Minoa River Pollution 

Crete Vice-governor Nikos Xylouris and Police Director Nick Spyridakis meet to mitigate Minoa River pollution problem.

More Of Love, Dignity, and Live Among the sMall Gods of Crete

A profile of another of the sMall Gods of Crete, a son who would not only hold up his father,…

Another 4.2 Magnitude Quake Rocks Heraklion Prefecture Villages

An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter occurred on the outskirts of Heraklion on Crete Monday evening just before midnight.

The Best Crete Beaches: Kommos on the Gulf of Mesara

One of our favorite places on Crete is the area around amazing Kommos Beach (or Komos) where few tourists visit.

Blood of God: The Legacy of the Golden Cretan Son

A man in Crete has a dream, to revive an ancient culture of excellence and grow a new extra virgin…

A Workable Vision of Minoan Greatness Reborn on Crete Island

I woke this morning with the afterglow of an unknown face burned into my cerebral cortex. Stirred from a lucid…

A Crete Businesswoman’s Vision of Proper Touristic Foundations

Kallia "Popi" Ierapetriti's vision of Crete is right out of a Kazantzakis story. The Cretan businesswoman wants to renovate the…

Hidden Crete: Secrets of the Gorge of Saints and Agiofarago

Agiofarago Gorge, is an amazing canyon in the south of Heraklion Prefecture tourists who visit the island paradise seldom know…

Ano Asites “Village of Colors Festival” Begins August 23rd

Coming up from the 23rd to the 29th of August, the Village of Colors Festival comes to Ano Asites in…

In the Bossom of Crete: Iliostasio Rediscovers Ancient Medicinal

Cretan farmers Kostas and Giannis Fragkiadakis run the Iliostasio Farm as the ancients must have, with love and dedication.

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,…

A Week on Crete for the Family

Being destined to one week "only" on Crete is something like passing through heaven on your way to anywhere else.…