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Samaria Gorge
Samaria Gorge is one of the main sights of Crete. Every tourist who visits Crete will have heard of this beautiful gorge or soon will. The locals call it the “Farangas” or “Great Gorge”, both in admiration at its beauty and to differentiate it from the many other, smaller gorges of Crete. The Samaria Gorge […]
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The Monastery of Karolos
In a 16th century Venetian monastery, the Santa Maria della Misericordia, the guests are impressed by the mists of time; there, the past, the present and the future meet in a combination of good taste and respect for a history that remains alive. The famous artist Karolos was responsible for the restoration of the edifice […]
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Tolias Paints
The choice of colors in the decoration of our house is much more important than the surface aesthetics. Colors have the attribute to inspire us, to calm us down and they stimulate as long as they are used rightly in every space! The appropriateness of color depends from how it is used as well as […]
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Terezakis Nikos
Gkilota is nowdays an integral part of the formal Cretan traditional outfit. It has almost completely replaced the old famous vrakes which left to be seen in the most special occasions. In the West Crete, gkilotes is combined with gkileko, vrakes and jacket from the same fabric and shoes, tall boots up to knee. Colors […]
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Tersanas
The beach Tersanas located in Akrotiri 12km from the city and 2km from the beach Kalathas. It is a small beach with no crowds, but with very clear water and quiet.
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Tzaneris and Arxontissa
We collected our local traditional recipes with love, experience and intelligence. We make foods that we offer to our visitors using pure materials in the traditional tavern “Tzaneris and Arxontissa”, in Drakona of Chania. A very beautiful place made of wood and stone as absolutely combined with the local architecture. Here tastes are ruling; Enjoy […]
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Tavronitis
Tavronitis is located 18kilometers away from the city of Chania. The village is well known for its bridge and the river which dries up in summer time. At this place, the German invasion of Crete began in the morning of 20 May 1941. After a huge bombardment, numerous flocks of transport aircraft began to make […]
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Venizelos Tombs
In the Akrotiri peninsula and over the hill of Prophet Elias, are the Tombs of Venizelos. Eleftherios Venizelos had expressed a desire to serve this site the last resting place. Thus, in 1936 there was built a tomb. Later, in 1965 opposite the tomb of Eleftherios Venizelos, was erected and the grave of his son […]
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Stavros
The beach of Stavros on the Akrotiri is 16km from the city centre. It is one of the most famous beaches because there was filmed the world’s famous film “Zorbas”. It consists of two main sandy beaches and a sheltered bay that never waves. There is also another beach 800m far from the main one, […]
