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KNOSSOS
KNOSSOS

Knossos is the site of the most important and better known palace of Minoan civilization. According to tradition, it was the seat of the legendary king Minos. more ...


THE VENETIAN HARBOUR
The town of Chania, with its Venetian harbor and the remaining traces of the Ottoman occupation, was the capital of the island until the 1970s, and today remain

The town of Chania, with its Venetian harbor and the remaining traces of the Ottoman occupation, was the capital of the island until the 1970s, and today remain more ...

Crete. The lowest end of Greece and Europe. The birthplace of civilization all around the world. The island with consecutive alterations of sceneries attracts visitors and offers a trip to yesterday, that everyone would want to keep as a lifetime experience...

Crete is the biggest island in Greece. It is situated among Aegean and Libyan Sea. It is the crossroad between East and West, Africa and Europe.

Due to this strategic location, Crete was always the bone of contention for the strongs of every era. The geographic location as and the contact with different civilizations, attributed to the special culture of this island. Cretians are famous for their hospitality (Xenios - Zeus, the god of hospitality, was born in Crete), their love towards country and preservation of customs.

It is an island that has everything. High mountains (Psiloritis, Lefka Ori, Dikti), beautiful beaches washed by the Cretan and Libyan Sea. Fertile grounds where, the famous cretan citrus fruits are cultivated. The endless olive groves produce the fine cretan olive oil, while also known is the cretan wine from the island's vineyards. Everywhere you turn your sight, you will see historic monuments that reveal the island's history.

Administratively, Crete is divided into four prefectures (Chania, Rethymno, Heraklion, Lasithi). All prefectures or if you wish, all towns and villages, are ideal for touring. They all have unseen beauties and important sites to see.

All around Crete you will find luxurious hotel units, apartments and rooms to let, which in combination to the exemplary hospitality of people, create the idyllic conditions for unforgettable holidays. As for entertainment, all you have to know is that music and dancing have a long tradition in the island. In the homeland of lyre and mantinada (type of singing in rhymes), you will have the time of your life drinking raki (cretan grape spirit)!

HERSONISSOS
Hersonissos (or Chersonissos, as it sometimes transposed from the Greek) is on the north coast of the island of Crete, about 25 kilometres east of the capital,

Hersonissos (or Chersonissos, as it sometimes transposed from the Greek) is on the north coast of the island of Crete, about 25 kilometres east of the capital, more ...


TOP HOTELS
1 - AXOS HOTEL
2 - CRETA and DELTA HOTELS
3 - LA STELLA HOTEL APARTMENTS AND SUITES
4 - PORTO VENEZIANO HOTEL
5 - CASA LEONE HOTEL
6 - PANDORA SUITES
7 - PALM BEACH HOTEL - APARTMENTS
8 - NELI STUDIOS
9 - ANAIS HOTELS
10 - AMPHORA HOTEL
11 - PHAEDRA SUITES HOTEL
12 - VILLA NAIAS APARTMENTS
13 - AEGEAN PALACE HOTEL
14 - HERMES HOTEL
15 - CORAL HOTEL
16 - PEGASUS HOTEL
17 - GOLDEN SAND
18 - LENA HOTEL
19 - HELENA HOTEL
20 - MIRABELLO HOTEL
21 - HALEPA HOTEL
ELOUNDA
ELOUNDA

Elounda lies at a distance of about 7 km from Agios Nikolaos. It was a samll fishing village before the tourists discovered it. Large luxury hotel cha... more ...


PREFUCTURES
- CHANIA PREFECTURE
- HERAKLION PREFECTURE
- RETHYMNON PREFECTURE
- LASITHI


VILLAGES
- CHANIA
- HERAKLION
- RETHYMNON
- AGIOS NIKOLAOS
- PLATANIAS CHANIA
- MALEME CHANIA
- SFAKIA (CHORA SFAKION)
- LAKE KOURNAS
- ELOUNDA
- PLAKIAS
- AGIA GALINI
- NEAPOLIS
- KASTELI
- PALEOHORA
- GAVDOS
- SOUGIA
- MYRTIA (VARVAROI)
- PETROKEFALO


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HERSONISSOS
HERSONISSOS

We refer to Hersonissos as one but it consists of several small beaches and villages and the main tourist destinations of the area. Hersonissos consis... more ...


BEACHES
- PLATANIAS CHANIA
- MALEME CHANIA
- GEORGIOUPOLIS
- CHRISSI AKTI - CHANIA
- K.DARATSO - NEW KYDONIA - CHANIA
- KALATHAS - CHANIA
- AKROTIRI STAVROS - CHANIA
- GERANI - CHANIA
- AGIA MARINA - CHANIA
- AGIOI APOSTOLI - CHANIA
- MALIA
- HERSONISSOS
- PLAKIAS
- MATALA
- TAVRONITIS
- LYGARIA
- NOPIGIA
- KOLYMBARI
- KASTELI
- PALEOHORA
- ELAFONISSOS
- HRISSI GAIDOURONISSI
- SOUGIA
- KOKINOS PYRGOS
- KOUDOURAS
- PREVELI
- KATO STALOS
- MARTSALO
THE SAMARIA GORGE
THE SAMARIA GORGE

43 km from the city of Hania, this is the longest gorge in Europe, measuring some 18 kilometers and renowed for its awesome beauty. At some points... more ...


WORTH SEEING
- KNOSSOS
- PHAISTOS
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF HERAKLEION
- KAZANTZAKIS MUSEUM
- LAKE KOURNAS
- FRAGOKASTELO
- IMVROS GORGE
- AGIOS TITOS
- FORTEZZA
- SPINALONGA
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF RETHYMNON
- ANCIENT ELEUTHERNA
- HISTORICAL AND FOLK MUSEUM OF RETHYMNON
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF CHANIA
- NAUTICAL MUSEUM OF CRETE
- HISTORICAL AND FOLK MUSEUM OF GAVALOHORI
- BYZANTINE AND POST-BYZANTINE COLLECTION OF CHANIA
- APTERA
- KYDONIA (ANCIENT CHANIA)
- TOMB IN MATHIOULAKI'S PLOT
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF HERAKLEION
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF HERAKLEION

It houses the most important and representative finds of the Minoan civilization. The foundation of the first museum (1904-1912) is owed to the effo... more ...


WORTH SEEING
- HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF CRETE
- COLLECTION OF ST CATHERINE OF SINAI
- MUSEUM OF CRETAN ETHNOLOGY
- AMNISSOS
- CAVE OF EILEITHYIA
- TYLISSOS
- GORTYN
- MALIA PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
- AGHIA TRIADA
- LEBENA
- MINOAN MEGARON AT VATHYPETRO
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF IERAPETRA
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF SETEIA
- THE MONASTERY OF TOPLOU
- ZAKROS
- THE CAVE OF PSYCHRO
- GOURNIA
- LATO
- VASILIKE
- PALAIKASTRO
- CHURCH OF PANAGHIA KERA
- POLYRHENIA