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Nikos Kazantzakis

China’s Minister of Culture and Tourism Visits Kazantzakis Museum

2023-04-01 by Phil Butler

Kazantzakis Museum visit

The Minister of Culture and Tourism of China HU Heping meets Crete’s Governor Arnautakis at Kalzantzakis Museum.

Tags: China, China tourism, Crete tourism, Crete visitors, HU Heping, Kazantzakis Museum, Nikos Kazantzakis, Stavros Arnaoutakis

Heraklion’s Nikos Kazantzakis Airport Closed Due to Storms

2022-10-15 by Phil Butler

Heraklion Airport on Crete

Heraklion’s Nikos Kazantzakis Airport has closed until at least 3 PM because of horrendous weather and flooding due to sweeping rainstorms over Crete.

Tags: 112, Crete rain, Crete storms, Crete weather, Heraklion, heraklion weather, Nikos Kazantzakis, Nikos Kazantzakis Airport, storms

A Weekend In the Heart of Crete at Delina Mountain Resort

2020-09-24 by Phil Butler

A weekend at the famous Anogia Village and Delina Mountain Resort, as Fall comes to the mountains of Crete Island.

Tags: Angelo Arvanitis, Anogia Village, Cretan Lyra, Cretan Music, Cretan music performers, Crete culture, Crete customs, Crete Kapitans, Crete mountains, Crete performers, Crete villages, Delina Mountain Resort, Delina Resort, Elena Tornesaki, famous Cretans, Michalis Skoulas, Mt. Psiloritis, Nikos Kazantzakis, Satanas, Traditional Cretan Music, Vasilis Skoulas

If Kazantzakis Had Used Instagram – Here’s What He’d Have Shared

2020-08-21 by Phil Butler

Agiofarago beach

If the legendary author Nikos Kazantzakis had used Instagram, here are some shares he might have liked in order to show the world Crete.

Tags: Agia Marina, Agioi Apostoli, Balos Beach, Chrysi Island, crete, Crete attractions, Crete destinations, Crete Island, Falasarna Beach, instagram, Mirtos, mysterious Crete, Nikos Kazantzakis, Sarakina Gorge, Zorba the Greek

Kazantzakis Museum: 4th International Festival of Speech and Art in July

2019-06-04 by Argophilia Travel News

The Kazantzakis Museum and Region of Crete present the 4th International Festival of Speech and Art in July.

Tags: Kazantzakis, Municipality of Archanes, Nikos Kazantzakis, Nikos Kazantzakis Museum, Region of Crete

Explaining Incredible Crete and the Philoxenia Around Every Bend

2017-09-09 by Phil Butler

Phil Butler tells of Crete's bounty

The story I am about to tell you may seem more like a fairytale than fact. But everything you are about to read can be attributed to a phenomenon that is at once indescribable and as basic as a smile. There’s a kind of freedom that awaits you on Crete. It’s a gift that everyone […]

Tags: Aravanes Tavern, crete, Crete Urban Adventures, Nikos Kazantzakis, Philoxenia, Rebecca Skevaki, Rethymno, Thrónos

Nikos Kazantzakis Museum Opens Special Events

2017-07-12 by Phil Butler

Nikos Kazantzakis Museum

Starting from today in the village of Myrtia on Crete, the Nikos Kazantzakis Museum begins a series of special events through July 16th focused on the famous Greek writer’s impressions of England.

Tags: crete, Heraklion, Myrtia, Nikos Kazantzakis, Passion of the Christ, Zorba the Greek

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