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2022 IHF Beach Handball Championship Quests Continue on Crete

2022-06-24 by Phil Butler

IHF handball

The climb to the winner’s circle of the 2022 IHF Beach Handball Championships continues. Day 4 promises to be the most exciting yet.

Tags: Christine Mansour, Crete events, Crete sport, Crete sports, Greece Handball, Greece2022, Heraklion, IHF 2022, IHF Beach Handball World Championships, IHF Champions, IHF Crete, IHF Women's Youth Beach Handball, Team USA

Croatia Men and Spain Women Snatch Youth Beach Handball World Titles

2022-06-20 by Phil Butler

Spain World Champions

Yesterday at Karteros, Crete, Croatia and Spain won our over tough teams from Brazil and Netherlands to become the 2022 World Champions.

Tags: beach handball, crete, Crete events, Crete sports, Croatia handball, Europe sports, handball, Heraklion, Heraklion events, Heraklion sports, IHF Beach Handball, IHF Beach Handball World Championships, IHF Men's Youth Beach Handball, IHF Women's Youth Beach Handball, Karteros, Spain handball, World Championships

IHF Beach Handball Championships Continue at Karteros in Heraklion

2022-06-18 by Phil Butler

IHF 2022 Beach Handball World Championships

Today, the knockout round in the Youth division features the quarter-finals and the semi-finals leading to tomorrow’s championship match.

Tags: crete, Crete events, Greece events, Greece2022, handball, Heraklion, Heraklion events, IHF, IHF 2022, IHF Beach Handball, IHF Beach Handball World Championships, IHF Crete, IHF World Championships, Karteros, Karteros Beach, Sports on Crete, What's On In Heraklion

Crete’s 2022 Summer: Already Burning With Fun

2022-05-25 by Phil Butler

Road to Sitia

Crete is already buzzing with travelers intent on experiencing a summer to remember. Here are a few of them at “bucket list” Crete places.

Tags: Agia Pelagia, Agia Pelagia Beach, Almyra Seaside Food & Cocktails, crete, Crete 2022, Crete attractions, Falasarna, Gulf of Mesara, Heraklion, instagram, Itanos, matala, Mesara Gulf, Red Beach, Samaria Gorge

Greece Reports 33,716 COVID Cases, 70 Dead, and 639 Intubated

2022-01-07 by Phil Butler

New COVID rules

Health authorities have announced 33,716 new cases of the coronavirus for the 24-hour period ending at 3pm Thursday.

Tags: Coronavirus, COVID Delta, COVID-19 Greece, Greece COVID cases, Greece health emergency, Greece omicron, Greece pandemic, Heraklion, intubation

The Heraklion Gastronomy Festival Opens Today at the Venetian Harbor

2021-09-24 by Phil Butler

Heraklion Gastronomy Festival

Friday September 24th – Monday the 27th, locals and visitors to Crete can enjoy the Heraklion Gastronomy Festival at the Venetian Harbor.

Tags: "Chainides", Aquila Atlantis Hote, chef table, Cretan diet, crete, Crete events, Crete festivals, Crete food, culinary events, Dina Nikolaou, gastronomy, George and Nikos Stratakis, Greece gastronomy, Heraklion, Heraklion nights, Koules, Municipality of Heraklion, Nektaria Kokkinak, Region of Crete, Solo Beer, Tasos Papadakis, Venetian Fortress, Visit Heraklion, Yiannis Baxevanis

Greek Officials Enact Further COVID Restrictions on Crete Island

2021-08-19 by Argophilia Travel News

Heraklion shopping

Greek authorities have ordered lockdown-style COVID restrictions for the Crete town of Rethymno, extending measures in Chania and Heraklion.

Tags: Chania, crete, Crete COVID, Crete curfew, Crete pandemic, Crete tourism, Greece COVID-19, Heraklion, lockdown, Rethymno

Greece Registers 3,593 New Cases As Protesters Clash With Police

2021-07-28 by Delia Gavrilescu

Vaccine worries

Greece confirmed 3,593 new coronavirus case in the last 24 hours. In Athens, anti-vaxxers clash with police for the third time in 10 days.

Tags: anti-vaxxers, Athens protests, COVID vaccine, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 response, EODY, Greece tourism ministry, Greece travel, Heraklion, infection load, Mykonos, Travel to Greece

Here’s the Tipping Points for Those Tempted to Fly to Greece Now

2021-07-24 by Phil Butler

Crete Waterfall

After you look at these Instagram photos of amazing Greece, we’re sure some of you will go ahead and book those flights.

Tags: Agia Pelagia, Calilo Hotel, family travel, Family Travel Bubble, Greece Whispers, Heraklion, Ios Island, Ios Resorts, Kefalonia, Melissani Cave, Out of The Blue Capsis Elite Resort, Shipwreck Beach, Waterfalls Of Nydri, Zakynthos

Greek Official Confirms Island Vaccination Plan Was About Economics

2021-05-30 by Phil Butler

Celestial Cruises

Greece now readily admit that the “Blue Freedom” island vaccination plan to help cruise companies. The sad thing is, nobody seems to care.

Tags: Blue Freedom, COVID-19 Greece, Cruise industry, cruise news, Dr. George Pavlakis, Greece 2021, Greece tourism, Greece vaccinations, Greek Islands, Harry Theoharis, Heraklion, Ioannis Plakiotakis, MSC Cruises, TUI, TUI Cruises

Heraklion in Other Words and Pictures: Our Special Home

2021-02-20 by Phil Butler

Koules Fortress

More of the moments and treasures about Heraklion, captured and shared via Instagram. This unique city has a beauty all its own.

Tags: Greece, Greece destinations, Greek cities, Heraklion, Heraklion city, Heraklion photos, Heraklion streets

The Best Crete Beaches: Kommos on the Gulf of Mesara

2021-02-18 by Phil Butler

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

Tags: beaches, Bunga Bunga, Cretan Beaches, Crete beaches, Crete destinations, famous beaches, Gulf of Mesara, Heraklion, Heraklion beaches, Heraklion prefecture, Hidden Crete, Kalamaki, Kommos, Kommos Beach, Kommos Palace, matala, Minoan archaeology, Minoan sites, Minoans, secluded beaches

The Second Wave of COVID-19 Is Now Overwhelming Greek Hospitals

2020-11-20 by Phil Butler

lockdown

Greece’s government now admits that the current lockdown to stop COVID-19 was too late. Now, hospitals in the country are overwhelmed.

Tags: Alkiviadis Vatopoulos, coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19 response, COVID-19 second wave, Dr. Nikos Egoumenidou, Haris Vavouranakis, Heraklion, ICU, lockdown, New Democracy, Nikos Egoumenidou, pandemic restrictions, PM Mitsotakis, Thessaloniki, travel restrictions

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

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

2020-07-27 by Phil Butler

Falasarna 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

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