Sitting between Asia, Africa and Europe, Crete is located around 200 miles south of mainland Greece. With an area of about 3,300 square miles, Crete is one of the largest islands in the Mediterranean.

Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced thousands of earthquakes this month while researchers have ...

Paleontologist Gerhard Gierlinski, from Warsaw, Poland, was just trying to get away from it all in the summer of 2002 and enjoy the warm seas and soft sands on the Greek island of ... we met up in ...

our choice of the best Greek island hotels has you covered. Crete was an early adopter of mass-market mega-resorts. This property, now in its sixth decade, is a fantastic option for family ...

A Greek court sentenced the Rethymno scammers in October to prison terms of 12 to 24 months — the first major convictions in ...

The scope for additional strengthening of tourist flows to Crete is significant, as was reflected in the working meeting held by the Israeli ambassador to ...

With a series of activities and specially designed tours, the Museum of Cycladic Art welcomes parents and children to the ...

The best time to visit Crete is from mid-May to June or from September to October. May brings with it warmer waters and beautiful wildflowers that can be spotted throughout the island's natural ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest of hundreds of earthquakes rattled the volcanic Greek island of Santorini on Tuesday after the strongest one so far with magnitude 5.3. Medical staff staged a ...

More than 13,000 of its 15,500 inhabitants have left. By Niki Kitsantonis Reporting from Athens February is a slow time on the Greek island of Santorini, which draws more than three million ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Scientists have detected several thousand earthquakes, the vast majority of them with small magnitudes, in just over two weeks near Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini ...

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