Category Archives: Tourism

Hope is in the air

Posted on 19/05/2013 by Jean

The 2013 tourist season is now well under way and all the signs are looking good. Despite Greece now being in its 5th year of recession (with catastrophic results for a significant part of the population) there was no social … Continue reading →

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A new map of the White Mountains

Posted on 19/03/2013 by Jean

The Greek map company Anavasi has recently published a new map of the White Mountains and the region of Sfakia. Most people who walk in Crete will already know the 1:25.000 Anavasi maps of the area of Pachnes (Central White … Continue reading →

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Five new short videos of Chania

Posted on 01/02/2013 by Jean

Five new short videos of Chania have just been published by the prefecture of Chania to promote the region. Titled collectively “Chania: a journey to your senses” they present the town and surrounding area. I am not sure about the … Continue reading →

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Is the next image crisis looming for Greece?

Posted on 23/10/2012 by Jean

The 2012 tourist season got off to a really bad start because of all the bad press Greece was getting in the foreign press last winter and spring. Interestingly this stream of bad press was followed by a flurry of … Continue reading →

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Maps of Crete

Posted on 02/09/2012 by Jean

Having just updated my maps page on this web site (especially the French and German versions of the page which were quite out of date) I noticed that most of the Anavasi Editions maps for Crete are now available through … Continue reading →

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All-inclusive disaster

Posted on 20/08/2012 by Jean

Found in the ‘Letters to the editor’ of Athens News. It sums up the dangerous route that tourism is taking towards providing all-inclusive holidays. As a British national and frequent visitor to Greece I read about the proposed changes to … Continue reading →

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West Crete tourism is doing well

Posted on 11/08/2012 by Jean

It looks like tourism in Greece is on the rebound. A lot of people suddenly want to come to Greece and the country as a whole might end up having a better year than in 2011. This is probably due … Continue reading →

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Cretan summer – Myth and reality

Posted on 17/07/2012 by Jean

A short video which plays nicely on the dichotomy between news reports in the foreign press and the reality of holidaying in Crete.  

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Greek crisis news update at the end of June

Posted on 29/06/2012 by Jean

Despite the fact that the newly elected government is still a product of the old political class there are a few signs of hope in Greece. For a start, a government is better than none (at least in the current … Continue reading →

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Election update

Posted on 22/06/2012 by Jean

So as you have all heard by now, Greece has a government (it turned out to be the old crooks- aka the politicians who helped drag Greece in the mess it is in). An immediate positive effect is a boost … Continue reading →

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