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Tsoutsouras

The Keftiu: Were They Absorbed and Erased from History?

2022-11-19 by Phil Butler

Camp Stool Fresco

The Keftiu, modernized by Arthur Evans as “Minoan,” are still a mystery unsolved. What happened to them?

Tags: Aiakos, Arthur Evans, Atlantis, Bible studies, Caphtor, Caphtorim, crete, Crete archaeology, Crete Island, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Greek legends, Homer, Keftiu, Knossos, Legends of Keftiu, Linear A, Minotaur, Plato, Rhadamanthys, Talos, The Odyssey, Theseus, Tsoutsouras, Zeus legend

Heraklion MPs Urge Government to Dredge the Inlet to Tsoutsouras Marina

2021-08-26 by Phil Butler

Tsoutsouras

SYRIZA Heraklion MPs Nikos Igoumenidis, Socratis Vardakis, and Haris Mamoulakis demand support for the marina in Tsoutsouras.

Tags: Ancient Inatos, Crete maritime, Crete ports, Haris Mamoulakis, Inatos, Nikos Igoumenidis, Socratis Vardakis, South Crete, Tsoutsouras, Tsoutsouras Cultural Association, Tsoutsouras marina, Tsoutsouras port

Five of Crete’s Best Quiet Vacation Hideaways

2021-06-18 by Phil Butler

Agia Fotia Beach

If ever there were a time to fly to Crete to find that perfect, quiet hideaway for vacation, this year is it.

Tags: Agia Irini Gorge, Crete getaways, Crete vacations, Elyros, Gortys, Greece, Lentas, Lentas Beach, secluded Crete, Secret Vacations, Sougia, Sougia Beach, Sout of Crete, Tsoutsouras, Xerokampos

Tsoutsouras: A Cretan Experience No Legend Can Capture

2021-01-31 by Phil Butler

Tsoutsouras

In Tsoutsouras, in southern Crete, theres more legend, experiences, and myth than any tourist can take in.

Tags: Cretan legends, Eileithyia Cave, extraterrestials, Gorge of Mindris, Inatos, kouzoulada, Minoans, Minos, myths, South Crete, Tomb of Minos, Tsoutsouras, UFOs, Underworld

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

And the Gods Favor Crete

2018-02-23 by Phil Butler

Odysseus

In his first controversial book on extraterrestrials in antiquity, the legendary UFO expert and author of the famous book “Chariots of the Gods,” Erich von Däniken devoted a chapter to the “Minoan Hypothesis.” This theory, derived from Plato’s descriptions of Atlantis, which were later associated with the destruction of Thera (Santorini), has been hotly debated for decades now.

Tags: Ages in Chaos, Akhenaton, Crete legends, Erich von Däniken, Immanuel Velikovsky, Keftiu, Knossos, Minoan legends, Minoans, Plato, strange phenomenon, Talos, Talos cave, Tsoutsouras, Valley of the Dead, Velikovsky, Zakros

An Encounter with the Spirit of Eileithyia at Tsoutsouras

2017-08-25 by Phil Butler

Eileithyia or Ilithyia

In the South of Crete there’s a little village on the sea called Tsoutsouras. It’s a sparkling and shiny little place where people go swimming in its “medicinal” waters, and where echoes of ancient cults and rites abound.

Tags: crete, Eileithyia, Heraklion, Heraklion province, Inatos, Minoan Civilization, Minoans, raki, Tsoutsouras




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