The island of Crete, Greece
Crete is the largest island in Greece. The island offers amazing variety, combining 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.
- The best known beaches are all listed in the Beaches drop-down menu.
- Check out the Best nature spots for ideas about excursions.
- 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 accommodation try hotels-crete.com.
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 heading General info
Buying property in Crete
- A few pages of sound advice under the subheading Property
Searching
- Searching for something specific? Enter it in the search box at the top right of each page. It's powered by Google and 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 5000 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.
Recently added on this site
- PCR Covid test in Crete (for travel back to your country)
- Archived articles (formerly in the blog section)
- My personal shopping recommendations for a Crete visit
- The ancient city of Aptera
- Winter holidays in Crete
- Balos Bay and Gramvousa
- Alternative ways to visit the gorge of Samaria
- Walk through the Imbros gorge
- A visitor's guide to Chania
- Flowers of Crete: now 126 species described with 100s of photos of Cretan flowers
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