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Autumn, the Best Season to Trek the Gorges of Crete

14/10/2021

Crete is the ultimate family destination. There are exceptional accommodation choices available in the high tourist season, but many hotels remain open in the colder months for adventurers who want to see the island without the madding crowds. You will want to plan a Cretan holiday in the fall or winter. Autumns are mild, with...Read More

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Crete, E4 trails, gorge, gorges crete, gorges greece, hiking, mountain trails, nature crete, samaria gorge, Sfakia

Crete’s Top 5 Places to Relax and Unwind

12/05/2021

Lazy days at the beach, high-octane adventures off-the-beaten-path in the mountains, and the islanders’ sweet naïveté and love of strangers (the celebrated Cretan philoxenia), are all checkboxes for soul detox and clean living in this modern age when we seem to appreciate more the fleeting conveniences of our daily routines rather than paying attention to...Read More

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cretan beaches, Crete, Gavdos, greece, komos beach, loutro, matala, Sfakia, triopetra beach

Adventures in Chania: Loutro

07/09/2020

Secluded and car-less, the village of Loutro on Crete’s south-west coast may not be quite off-the-beaten-track these days, but it’s still an idyllic place to unwind – an iconic Greek island getaway. Set on a sheltered crescent bay a 15-munute minute boat ride from Chora Sfakion, blue shuttered white houses tumble down from the hillside...Read More

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Wild Sfakia: adventures on the south coast

09/04/2020

It’s the bullet holes in the road signs that tell you much about this special part of Crete. The people are tough around here, and they’ve always been that way. The region known as Sfakia in Chania province is a wild and rugged place, dotted with mountain villages famous for their rebelliousness to foreign invaders....Read More

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Crete, gastronomy, Gavdos, local culture, Sfakia, south Crete

Into the blue: the ferries of south west Crete make for unforgettable adventures

28/03/2020

On a late afternoon in early spring there aren’t many passengers disembarking the Samaria ferry at the windswept jetty. The sun is setting and the tiny harbour is in shadow as the ramp goes down, with a deep metallic thud on the concrete slipway. A few cars and trucks pick their way off, and beside...Read More

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beaches, Crete, Gavdos, Paleochora, Sfakia, south Crete, what to do

Autumn, the Best Season to Trek the Gorges of Crete

Crete’s Top 5 Places to Relax and Unwind

Adventures in Chania: Loutro

Wild Sfakia: adventures on the south coast

Into the blue: the ferries of south west Crete make for unforgettable adventures

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