The island of Crete, Greece

Crete is a large island of amazing variety which combines snow-capped mountains, rolling hills covered with olive trees and over 1000 km of varied coastline. Crete has far more endemic plants than any other island in Europe.

Crete is also a mix of large tourist resorts, small fishing villages, remote settlements and cities such as Chania and Heraklion which have been inhabited for almost 8000 years. Whether you come to Crete for the sea and the sun, the culture and traditions, the peaceful seaside villages of South Crete or the dramatic landscapes, there is something for everyone.

Plan and create your holiday in Crete

The emphasis of this web site is on the western part of Crete and it looks more closely at holiday areas and activities that are somewhat away from mass-tourism.
You will find a lot of information to help you make a decision as to where you could take a holiday in Crete by following some of the links below.

Where to go?
Start with All the seaside resorts of West Crete to see what your choices are. You could also check out the Best nature spots for ideas about excursions. If beaches are important to you, see All the beaches of West Crete. You will also find details about the regions of West Crete in the menu Regions.

Where to stay?
Take a look at the Accommodation menu heading for general information. If you are searching for web sites for accommodation, the best place to start may be at hotels-crete.com, an independent listing of usable web sites (with price lists and contact email addresses so that you can shop around easily)

Car rental
How to find the best car rental deals and what to watch for when searching for a deal

What to do?
You can find a lot of information about walking in Crete in the menu heading Walks as well as some Walks descriptions

General information on Crete
This is mainly contained in the menu headings General info and Services.

Buying property in Crete
A few pages of sound advice under the heading Property

Flowers of Crete: a few pages of photos of Cretan flowers

Searching
Searching for something specific? Enter it in the search box at the bottom of each page. It's powered by Google technology and very efficient. If what you are searching for is in the site, it will find it.

Photos
If you want to see photos of Crete to get an idea of where you might be going to, there are over 700 photos on the site. Check the menu heading Photos

Books and Maps
The section on books has been enlarged and improved to make it easier to buy the best books about Crete.

Site map
If you prefer to browse, you can use the extensive site map as your navigation starting point.

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