Meet Crete - Your Insider Travel Guide to the island Crete

Spinalonga island – the former leper colony

Spinalonga island – the former leper colony

Elafonisi, exotic lagoon in southwestern Crete

Elafonisi, exotic lagoon in southwestern Crete

Matala, a village that lives with its sandstone caves

Minoan Palace of Knossos – Crete’s most famous building

The Minoan Palace of Knossos – Crete’s most famous building

Diktaion Andron – Zeus cave on the Lasssithi Plateau

Diktaion Andron - Zeus cave on the Lasssithi Plateau

Towns & Villages

agia galini crete overview

Agia Galini – where Icarus and Daedalus escaped from the rage of King Minos

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Chania, the most beautiful town of Crete?

Chania, the most beautiful town of Crete?

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Paleochora Crete

Paleochora – Nymph of the Libyan Sea

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Village Kritsa in Lassithi

Kritsa, on the mountain slopes outside Agios Nikolaos

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Bali is beautiful - Crete

Bali is beautiful

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Alleys in Fodele village Crete

Fodele, birthplace of the painter El Greco

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Best Beaches

Gramenos beach near Paleochora Crete

Gramenos beach west of Paleochora

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Komos beach between Matala and Kalamaki in south Crete

Komos beach – fine golden sand framed by natural dunes

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Georgioupolis beach at the north coast of Crete

The long sandy Georgioupolis beach

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Shinaria beach at Plakias Crete

Shinaria Beach east of Plakias

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Agioi Apostoloi beaches west of Chania

Agioi Apostoloi beaches west of Chania

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Amoudara beach at the western outskirts of Heraklion

Amoudara beach at the western outskirts of Heraklion

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Village Argyroupoli (ancient Lappa) and its springs

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Ancient Lappa was a great and powerful Cretan town which was founded by Agamemnon according to the Mycenaean traditions. Today the village...

Argyroupoli village and its famous springs

Ancient Times & Cultural Monuments

Byzantine and post-Byzantine collection of Chania

Byzantine and post-Byzantine collection of Chania

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Abduction of Europe

The “Abduction of Europe” – in Agios...

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Monastery Panagia Odigitria Gonia

Holy Monastery Panagia Odigitria Gonia at Kolymbari

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Agios Georgios church in Voila Crete

Voila – a deserted settlement

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Villa De Mezzo in Etia village Crete

Etia village and its Villa De Mezzo – Venetian...

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Minoan palace Kato Zakros

Minoan palace Kato Zakros – centre of commercial...

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Preveli International Memorial for Resistance and Peace

Preveli International Memorial for Resistance and Peace

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The Natural History Museum of Crete in Heraklion

The Natural History Museum of Crete in Heraklion

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Explore the island's nature

Hiking through the Samaria Gorge – all necessary information

Hiking through the Samaria Gorge – all necessary information

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In the stalactite cave Sfendoni in Zoniana

Stalactite cave Sfendoni in Zoniana

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Entrace to the Mili Gorge Rethymnon Crete

Mili gorge – a wonderful hike through the gorge of mills

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Diktaion Andron - Zeus cave on the Lasssithi Plateau

Diktaion Andron – Zeus cave on the Lasssithi Plateau

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