• Take a walk at the aesthetic Archanes village

    Archanes is a large village, located 16 kilometers from Heraklion, on 400 m. altitude under the Juktas mountain. It’s a very beautiful picturesque village with stone-paved streets and colorful houses with yards full of blooming trees and plants. Archanes has won 2nd award of the best restored village in Europe and 1st award in long term development prospects. A walk around its streets is a pleasure.

  • Arkadi Monastery: the top destination for the national holiday of the Greek revolution

    Since 1453, Greece was conquered by the Turks, a slavery season lasting 400 years. The March 25 is a national holiday in Greece, as the day of the rebellion of the Greeks against the Turks in 1821. Arkadi Monastery is a monument of that revolution era for Crete.

  • Knossos, the famous Minoan Palace

    Knossos located 5 kilometers southeast of Heraklion. Knossos was the capital of Minoan civilization, a Bronze Age civilization that arose on Crete and other Aegean islands. It is the greater and more complex than any of the other ancient palaces known to us.

  • Carnival in Rethymno: participate in the biggest cretan carnival parade

    Carnival in Greece, has its roots in ancient ceremonies in honor of Dionysus, full of wine drinking and dancing from people in disguise, in order to exile evil spirits. Down the centuries some of the ancient ceremonies and traditions have been lost, but most have been absorbed into the Christian religion giving them a different meaning.

  • Take part in traditional events for carnival at Mochos

    Every year on the beggins of carnival many villages in Crete do traditional events to celebrate. The most famous event is this which takes place at Mochos, a village near to Hersonisos and Stalida, 40km from Heraklion. The event called “xinohondros and mouzoudia” which refer to the traditional food of the day (xinohondros) and to the carnival action (mouzoudia).

  • Ancient Gortyn

    Archaeological site of Gortyn is located 45 kilometers south of Heraklion. This area was inhabited from 7000 BC until today. It was an important city, that reach in power level the city of Phaistos with two ports Lentas and Matala. During the Roman period became the capital of Crete and Cyrenaica (Libya). Finally destroyed in 828 AD by Arab invasion.

  • Spili, a water famous village

    Spili is located south of Rethymno, about 30 minutes from the city, in the shade of Kedros mountain, at an altitude of 430 m. It is said that has acquired the name Spili (cave) of the many caves that surround it.

  • 3 Romantic destinations for St. Valentine's day

    ​On the occasion of the upcoming St. Valentine's day, the global day dedicated to love, convert your visit to Crete on a romantic trip with your partner which will revive the flame of your love.

  • Visit Fodele: El Greco's hometown

    ​​This time in Crete, weather starts to fade in spring, less cloudy days and sun gets warmer. On the road from Heraklion to Rethymno there is an almost coastal small village called Fodele in the middle of a green valley with plane trees and orange groves which are full in fruits this period. A tiny river, called Pantomantris, crosses along the village, with restaurants and cafes on it’s banks, where you can taste traditional cuisine and have a coffee by the view of nature. There is also a park next to the main square which offers a perfect picnic site.

  • Winter vacations at western Crete

    If you going to visit western Crete on your winter vacation, and you seek for something more suitable for the season than more beaches, then you should visit Omalos plateau. The plateau of Omalos is the largest, highest and most famous plateau of western Crete with an altitude of around 1100m. It’s surrounded by the high crowns of the Lefka Ori (White Mountains) and has just 38 km distance from the town of Chania. At the southern end of the plateau there is the entrance of famous gorge of Samaria, the longest in Europe.

  • ​Visit the top winter destination in Crete

    Crete, although is an island rich in beautiful beaches, also has one of the ten highest mountains in Greece, Psiloritis mountain, with 2,456 m (8,057 feet) altitude. This season the higher peaks are snowy. It has beautiful wild environment and landscapes.