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Agia Roumeli Honors Mauthausen Concentration Camp Martyrs

2021-10-18 by Argophilia Travel News

Himmler at Mauthausen

Crete officials pay tribute to the family of Cretans captured in World War 2 by the Nazis and sent to Mauthausen Concentration Camp.

Tags: Agia Roumeli, Agia Roumeli monument, Archimandrite Athanasios Karachalios, Athanasios Karachalios, Chania news, Kyriakos Kotsoglou, Manousos Hiotaki, Mauthausen, Nazi occupation, Sfakia, Sfakia news, World War 2

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

Pieces of Crete: Sharing a Paradise Like No Other

2021-04-11 by Phil Butler

Chania

More Instagram shares from the mysterious and beautiful Crete island, a paradise like no other place in the world.

Tags: Chania, Cretan Sea, Crete beaches, Crete Island, Crete wonders, Gastonomy Crete, Georgiopouli, Knossos, Minoans, Mythos Palace Resort, Queens Room, Rethymno, Sfakia

Hidden Crete: Sfakia’s Amazing Glyka Nera Beach

2021-03-31 by Phil Butler

Glyka Nera

Crete’s Glyka Nera Beach in the remote Sfakia region is a once-in-a-lifetime surprise for those adventurous enough.

Tags: best beaches, Chania Prefecture, Cretan Beaches, Crete beaches, E4, E4 hiking, E4 trail, Glyka Nera Beach, Loutro, Sfakia, Sweetwater Beach, That Greek Guy, top beaches

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

A Guide to Glyka Nera Beach On Incredible Crete Island

2020-06-30 by Argophilia Travel News

Sweetwater Beach

One of Crete’s most captivating beaches, Glyka Nera (Sweetwater) features crystal clear, deep azure blue water and fine colorful pebbles.

Tags: Chania Prefecture, Chora Sfakion, Cretan Beaches, Crete beaches, E4 hiking, E4 trail, Europe Beaches, Glyka Nera Beach, hidden beaches, Sfakia, South Crete, Southwest Crete, Sweetwater Beach, top beaches, West Crete

A New Definition of “Luxury” Waits on Incredible Crete

2019-08-14 by Phil Butler

Beach House Arvi

Crete is more than a Mykonos wanna be, the island paradise is a real alternative experience well suited to the luxury travel segment.

Tags: Amirandes Grecotel Exclusive Resort, Beach House Arvi, Blue Palace, Blue Wave at Chorafakia, celebrity destinations, celebrity stays, Crete airbnb, Crete luxury, Crete resorts, Crete villas, Daios Cove Luxury Resort & Villas, Daios Cove Mansion Villa, Elounda, Greece villas, Incredible Crete, Lady Gaga, Minoans, Mr & Mrs Smith, Mykonos, Santorini, Sfakia, Villa Faros at Agios Pavlos

Crete’s Nature Loves Courage Festival 2019

2019-05-31 by Phil Butler

The “Nature Loves Courage Festival 2019” at Sougia kicks off June 7th and 8th in the far-southwest of Crete Island.

Tags: Aurora Halal, Chania events, Chania Prefecture, Crete concerts, Crete events, Crete festivals, DJs, Lotus Seaside Hotel, Nature Loves Courage Festival 2019, Sfakia, Sougia, Terence McKenna

Experience Southern Crete: Sfakia and Beyond

2019-04-02 by Phil Butler

Chora Sfakion or Hora Sfakion

The Sfakia region is the largest municipality on Crete. Located in the extreme south of Chania Prefecture, this natural wonderland was once home to over 40,000 residents. Today, the region has less than 2,000 full-time residents spread out over an area of 468 square kilometers. Situated about 75 km from Chania city, Chora Sfakion (Hora […]

Tags: Agia Roumeli, Aradena Gorge, Askyfou Plateau, Chania, Chania Prefecture, Chora Sfakion, Cicada myth, Crete destinations, Crete regions, Hora Sfakia, Lourto, Samaria Gorge, Sfakia, Sfakia Beaches, Sfakia guide, Sfakians

Crete Adventures: Traversing Kallikratis Hell

2018-02-24 by Phil Butler

Kallikratis road

With its asphalt barely solidified under the blistering Cretan sun of a dozen years, the road in between Kapsodasos and Kalikratis villages in southwestern Crete is nothing less than worldwide notorious.

Tags: Chora Sfakion, crete, Crete adventures, cycling Crete, Frangokasteilo, Kalikratis, Kallikratis Hell, Kapsodasos, Sfakia, Visit Crete

Legend of the Drosoulites: Crete’s Magnificent 600

2018-02-21 by Phil Butler

Chora Sfakia

Coming up at the end of May visitors to Crete will have the chance to witness first hand the mysticism that makes this island in the Aegean so special. Each year at this time the ghosts of the brave Drosoulites (“dew shadows”) appear on the beach as shadowy figures of treading the early morning dew.

Tags: crete, Crete legends, Drosoulites, Flisvos Hotel, Frangokastelo Fortress, Hatzimichalis Dalianis, Hotel Orthi Ammos, mysterious Crete, Sfakia

Crete Daydreams – The Village of Loutro

2018-01-23 by Phil Butler

Crete holds so many secrets safe-and-sound still. Our journeys here began in 2014 on an extended vacation visit. And as a friend who’s a Cretan once told me, “During my lifetime here I’ve searched something new each week, and I’ve still not discovered it all.” After having lived here some months I am convinced too, that […]

Tags: Chania, Chania Prefecture, Cretan holidays, crete, Daskalogiannis Hotel, Hotel Porto Loutro, Libyan Sea, Loutro, Marmara, Notos Restaurant & Rooms, Phoenix (Finikas), Sfakia, Sifis Hotel, South Crete, Timios Satvros, Villa Nikki

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Heraklion hosted its first drone show above the Venetian Walls with over 300 drones. The brief five-minute display drew crowds despite rainy weather.

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