Sitting between Asia, Africa and Europe, Crete is located around 200 miles south of mainland Greece. With an area ... their individuality in the face of tourism, many say that Rethymnon Prefecture ...

Greece's largest island offers every kind of sunshine break, from amped-up all-inclusives to chic urban stays, beach hotels to character-packed mountain hideaways ...

The Minoan civilisation put the island on the map in the Bronze Age ... Better still, as Greece's southernmost isle, Crete has the longest tourist season and is pretty much the sunniest place ...

Sitting on the eastern slopes of the Acropolis, Plaka is the most tourist-heavy neighborhood in ... the city with nearby islands like Aegina and Crete. Located approximately 6 miles southwest ...

Minos Kalokairinos Monument, Palace of Knossos, Knossos, Greece ... from thera hitting northern Crete may have been as high as 12m in some places. These waves would have decimated boats and coastal ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Severe storms battered islands in Greece for a second day Tuesday, with Crete experiencing the heaviest ...

Chania is a breathtaking city on the island Crete, and a perfect vacation spot -- Chania has with something to offer any ...

The tourist towns of Parikia and Naousa, on Paros, were hardest hit as floodwaters carried cars and debris through the ...

The picturesque village of Agia Galini is perched on the slopes the hilly landscape (Getty Images) Crete's south coast, being furthest from the airports, is generally bypassed by tourist hordes ...

“Crete is known as the Zeus of the Greek archipelago,” says Maria Passarivaki, co-founder of SteMa Journeys, a Crete-and-Athens based travel planner ... not only Greece’s breadbasket ...