Polyrrinia or Polyrrhenia is a famous and majestic ancient city-state in the north-west of Crete, whose territory occupied the entire western tip of the island, stretching from north to south. The trade flows of this polis were so great that it even used two ports at once: Kissamos and Phalasarna. The city was on the […]

The modern world is full of disposable things. Mobile phones that go to the trash heap after the first breakdown, vacuum cleaners for which it is impossible to buy a new filter, T-shirts that lose their shape after the first wash, not to mention disposable dishes and plastic bags. It seems that this dominance also […]

There are dozens of reasons to visit the amazing mythical island of Crete at least once. Here are just a few of them. The island has at least 300 sunny days per year. Crete is washed by four seas on each side. Crete is the largest island in Greece and also the southernmost part of […]

Those tourists who have visited both Greece and Crete say that the Cretans differ from the mainland Greeks: not so much externally as internally. How to explain this? Perhaps because the Minoan civilization existed on the island long before the Mycenaean one on the mainland, and the Cretans were descendants of the ancient Minoans? The […]

On February 8, a crucial event for Crete took place—the start of the construction work at a new international airport in the town of Kasteli. The ceremony was attended by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis accompanied by a group of ministers. “I always feel better when I come to my homeland,” the Prime Minister said.—But […]

A community of ski mountaineers is driving an alternative model of tourism on Crete, shifting the focus from its sandy beaches to its snow-capped peaks. Every year the island of Crete ranks as one of the top summer vacation spots in the world. Determined to show that Crete can also be a world-class destination for […]

Souda Bay is a natural harbour in the administrative unit of Chania on the northwest coast of Crete. The bay is 9 mi long and 1 to 2,5 mi wide having a depth of 224 yards. Souda Bay is the deepest port of the Mediterranean Sea. Geologically, this is a large collapsed fissure formed 2 […]

The most beautiful attraction located in the west part of Crete is the largest massif on the island Lefka Ori, also called the White Mountains. The highest summit is Pachnes with an altitude 2,453 m. The mountains are made of limestone. The highest mountain areas are covered by snow till late June. The heart of […]

One says that the gods do not burn pots. Our newspaper the New Crete (NC) found out who is responsible for this creative and at time-consuming process on Crete. It turned out to be craftsmen from the old Cretan pottery village Margarites. One of them is Georgios Dalambelos, a Master with a capital M. After […]