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Ierapetra

Numo Ierapetra Offers a Magic Escape on Crete’s South Coast

2022-12-13 by Phil Butler

Numo Hotels & Resorts

Numo Ierapetra fits perfectly in the unique enclave between the mountains and the clear Libyan Sea of Crete’s south coast.

Tags: adult resorts, adult-friendly, beach hotels, crete, Crete hotels, Crete resorts, Greek resorts, Ierapetra, Ierapetra hotels, Numo Ierapetra

Crete’s 10-Best Stay Experiences Will Transform You

2022-08-05 by Phil Butler

NUMO Ierapetra

The ten best places to get the Crete experience you are in search of from traditional stays to five-star amazement.

Tags: Abaton Island Resort, Abaton Island Resort & Spa, Amari Valley, Aravanes Traditional Tavern, Axos Village, Chania, Crete 2022, Crete experiences, Crete hotels, Crete resorts, Crete tourism, Crete villas, Ecotourism, Enagron, Evgoro, Falasarna, Fodele, Fodele Beach, Fodele Beach & Water Park Holiday Resort, Ierapetra, Mala Villa, Metohi Kindelis, Native Beach Villa

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

Crete Region Gives “Green Light” for Dive Park Ierapetra

2021-04-28 by Phil Butler

Katharades beach

A committee on the environment from the Region of Crete has just unanimously approved a project for the creation of Dive Park Ierapetra.

Tags: Crete activities, Crete attractions, Crete diving, Crete SCUBA, dive Greece, Dive Park Ierapetra, dive parks, dive tourism, Environment, Greek parks, Ierapetra, offshore tourism, reefs, Region of Crete

February On Crete: Unexpected Chill Season Bliss From Paradise

2021-02-15 by Phil Butler

Lefka Ori

A series of Instagram shares that reflects an unexpected aspect of Crete travel value. Winter on Greece’s biggest island is magic too.

Tags: Anogia, Apokoronas, Crete Island, Crete mountains, Crete winter, Delina Mountain Resort, Greek Mountaineering Club of Chania, Ierapetra, instagram, Kallergi Mountain Refuge, Kokkinos Pyrgos, Lefka Ori, Mt. Psiloritis, Omalos Plateau, Sfakia, Sitia, Trafoulas, Vasilis Skoulas, White Mountains, Winter on Crete

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

Only in Greece: At Sea Somewhere Offshore of Crete

2020-08-31 by Phil Butler

Hellenic Navy

A little flotilla of Cretan fishing boats set said from Myrtos with provisions from home for sailors of the Hellenic Navy.

Tags: crete, Crete territorial waters, Crete waters, Greece navy action, Greece Turkey friction, Hellenic Navy, Ierapetra, Limnos, Limnos Frigate, Myrtos, Turkish navy

What’s Happening On Crete: The Weekend of August 9, 2020

2020-08-13 by Phil Butler

Heraklion, Crete

An update of what’s happening on Crete island over the weekends. August 9th saw locals at their usual haunts.

Tags: Cretan Hound, EyeWide Digital Marketing, Heraklion people, Ierapetra, Ioanna Madala, Ioannis Liapakis, Koutsounari Traditional Cottages, Minas Liapakis, Nikos Anetakis, Opsis Clinical, SeaScape Luxury Residences, Tsoutsouras

What’s Happening On Crete: The Weekend of August 2, 2020

2020-08-03 by Phil Butler

Paul Potouridis rock painting

A few Crete experiences from locals for the first week of August, 2020. Crete without a million tourists is an even more beautiful paradise.

Tags: Crete wines, Eirini Geniataki, Enopolio, Galatas, Grigoris Koudounas, Ierapetra, Manolis Kanoupakis, Naturalist Club of Heraklion, Paul Potouridis, Stella Astirakaki, Votsalo Beach, Wine Walkers Crete, Wine Walkers Greece, Zacharioudakis Estate, Το μουρέλο του Λαδωμένου

Santorini Should Be Jealous of Saturday’s Crete Sunset

2020-05-03 by Phil Butler

Alison Hatzidakis

A Crete sunset symbolizes what Cretans hope will be the end of a pandemic, and a new beginning.

Tags: alfakapa__, Chania, Coronavirus, Cretan photographers, crete, Crete Instagram, Crete photography, Giorgos Trivizadakis, Greece, Heraklion, Heraklion sunset, Ierapetra, instagram, Instagram sunsets, instakissamos, Kissamos, lockdown, Manos Garefalakis, Platanias, Rethymno, v3silik7

Moderate Earthquake Hits This Morning Near Sitia on Crete

2020-04-22 by Argophilia Travel News

Sitia

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake rattled the far-east of Crete Island this morning. The center of the tremor was 8 km east of the port city of Sitia.

Tags: crete, Crete quake, earthquakes, Greece earthquakes, Ierapetra, Libyan Sea, National Observatory Athens, seismic, Sitia, tremors

Crete’s Ancient Sunken City of Olus Gives Up More Secrets

2020-02-07 by Phil Butler

Sunken city

Underwater excavations off Crete island are revealing more facts about the sunken city of Olous, off Elounda.

Tags: Agios Nikolaos, ancient Crete, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, archaeology, Crete antiquity, Crete archaeology, Elounda, Ierapetra, Ierapytna, Minoan Civilization, Minoans, Olus, sunken cities

The 4th Annual Ierapetra Tourism Festival Kicks Off

2019-07-28 by Delia Gavrilescu

Ierapetra

The Municipality of Ierapetra, the Regional Unit of Lasithi, and the Region of Crete launched the 4th Annual Ierapetra Tourism Festival.

Tags: art festivals, Crete destinations, Crete festivals, Crete tourism, Ierapetra, Ierapetra events, Ierapetra Festival, Ierapetra tourism, Lassithi, Lassithi events, World Tourism Day

Five Stunning Video Introductions to the Greece Few Know

2019-05-24 by Phil Butler

Here are 5 amazing areas of Greece not many visitors have explored. From Kefalonia to Chrisi Island, Greece is still a wonder destination.

Tags: Agiafarago Beach, Agiafarago Gorge, Chrisi Island, Chrisi Island video, Epirus region, Greece drone, Greece Gems, Greece video, Hidden Greece, Ierapetra, Kefalonia, Voidomatis River

Searching Instagram for the Glow of Crete’s Ierapetra

2018-11-20 by Phil Butler

Ierapetra

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

Tags: Adventure Crete, Brad Pitt, crete, Crete attractions, Crete beaches, Crete towns, Ierapetra, instagram, koutsounari, Koutsounari Traditional Cottages, Libyan Sea, Ostria Resort & Spa, Tracer Car Rentals, Visit Crete, Visit Greece, Visit Ierapetra

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