Serenissima Boutique hotel
Serenissima Boutique hotel is situated in a 15th century Venetian house in the scenic town of Chania 100 m from the beach. It offers elegant suites with free WiFi 30 m from cafes and shops. this...
View ArticleRimondi Boutique hotel
The luxurious Rimondi Boutique Hotel in Rethymno has a large patio with a pool and palm trees. It consists of 2 separate buildings built with a 20-year difference, offering various types of...
View ArticleKapsaliana Village Hotel
Surrounded by the largest olive grove on the island of Crete, Kapsaliana Village Hotel is nestling in a peaceful location with superb views of the countryside and the sea. Kapsaliana Village Hotel...
View ArticleDomes of Elounda, Autograph Collection
The 5-star Domes of Elounda, Autograph Collection offers luxurious accommodation with spa bath overlooking the Unesco-protected island of Spinalonga and its Venetian castle. It has a spa and 4...
View ArticleMinos Beach Art Hotel
Featuring a stunning location next to the water’s edge, Minos Beach Art Hotel features an art gallery and an excellent health and beauty center, along with complimentary breakfast and parking. Minos...
View ArticleCandia Suites & Rooms
Candia Suites & Rooms is ideally located in the heart of heraklion historic city center in a very quiet street, at about 500m of Archeological museum of Heraklion. The Candia Suites were housed...
View ArticleChania history during the different periods of Crete
Chania history starts as Kydonia. The city was known, from the ancient greek, as Kydonia (this means quince in Greek but the name can come also from old tribe mentionned by Homer: the Kydones)....
View ArticleThe different districts of Chania city
quiet picturesque streets of Evraiki districtEvraiki district Also called the “zudecca” in the Venetian period, or Jewish ghetto (evraiki meaning Hebrew). Main curiosity of the district: the synagogue...
View ArticleMosque of the janissaries
the Turkish mosque Yiali Tzami (or Giali Tzami, or mosque of Janissaires). It is very easy to spot. Situated by the sea, its dome is made up of four arcs, decorated with six small dome and dominates...
View ArticleCathedral Virgin Mary , the catholic cathedral Trimartiri of Chania
The cathedral of the presentation of Virgin Mary, also called the catholic cathedral of Chania, or Trimartiri, was build on the location of a small church from 11th century, dedicated to Eisodia of...
View ArticleChania third marathon on april 15
Chania will be holding its 3rd Crete Marathon on 15 April 2018 in the historic center of old town. The race will start at the Public Municipal Market, along the old Venetian Harbour to end up following...
View ArticleNeolithic in Crete
In Neolithic age, it seems that the colonization of Crete was made since the Anatolia and Asia Minor, even the Peloponnese. A theory which leans on the sea level at that ice age period. (inferior of...
View Articleprepalatial period in Crete
Prepalatial period in Crete, also called Pre-Palace, Protominoan Age, Copper Age or Early Bronze Age. Egypt seems too distant to exercise a big influence at that time. On the contrary, it is the...
View Articleprotopalatial period
Protopalatial period The first palaces that are Knossos, Phaistos and Malia are situated in the most fertile plains of the island, allowing their owners the accumulation of wealth, in particular...
View ArticleTransistor “Living”. Greece music talent
What was my surpise, falling in love with this so intense music, to discover that it was a greek alternative rock band. So i fall twice in love with this music. So deep, so intense, and lyric...
View Articlea culture-inspired summit in Argyroupoli for Good Friday
Thursday, April 5, 2018 at the Argyroupoli Cultural Association, participants will attend a conference, in fact a brainstorming event with public involvement. The talks will focus on cultural tourism...
View ArticleThe neopalatial period in minoan Crete
The neopalatial period is not uniform: so the new palaces know a first destruction towards 1630/1620, which the recent studies connect with the explosion of Santorin. The characteristics of the new...
View ArticleSouth Sahara wind experience: breathtaking Cretan Bladerunner landscapes
Orange red haze is falling on Crete. Wind is blowing like never. Such an end of the world experience. And a strange feeling. I saw this before… And it comes back to my mind the shape of Ryan...
View Article3 Greek tourism awards fo the municipality of Heraklion
Under the auspices of Greek Tourism Organization and the Ministry of Tourism was held in Athens the Greek tourism awards 2018. The municipality of Heraklion, that was candidate in 3 different...
View ArticleMatala, the hippy odyssey of a fareway cretan beach
Matala odyssey Hippies in Crete Coming from the United States, from Germany ,…) A handful of young people make road towards the small village of Matala, the history of which they are going to upset...
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