Best hotels in Crete, from family-friendly resorts to mountain retreats - Greece's largest island offers every kind of ...

According to the Greek agency AMNA, the country's largest earthquake preparedness drills are currently underway in Crete ... with snow falling in the mountains. Extreme weather phenomena are ...

Feta, a Greek staple cheese, isn't produced or popular on Crete. Instead, look for graviera, a hard cheese (similar to Swiss gruyere) aged in caves in the White Mountains. The soft, ricotta-like ...

Sitting on the prefecture's southern coast amidst soaring mountains, jagged gorges and olive groves, Plakias is any hiker's dream. Occupying the central eastern portion of Crete, Heraklion ...