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cretanplaces
- Dec 24, 2019
- 1 min
The 4 + 1 Best Christmas Things to do in Crete, 2019
Either in vacation or staycation, Christmas is a great time to explore #Crete and at the same time attend to some really interesting events. Let’s have a discussion about them, they are interesting, spiritual and most of them about a good cause. 1. 24.12.2019: Christmas Eve Mass at the Cave of Agios Ioannis, near Marathokephala, west Crete, in an experiential way resembling uniquely the Holy Cave in Bethlehem (21:00-00:15). 2. 26.12.2019: Santa Run Chania 2019: walk a route o
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cretanplaces
- Oct 28, 2019
- 1 min
The #best 5 + 1 places in #Sitia and nearby area
#Sitia: the easternmost town of #Crete, a relaxing and scenic place. We visited Sitia earlier this month and we present the best of according to our testing and reviews! #1 Wander in Sitia esplanade #2 Visit Toplou monastery #3 Where to stay: Petras beach #4 Where to eat: Limani #5 Where to have breakfast / coffee: Mitsakakis #6 and... one of the best secret places in Crete for swimming!* * This place will be revealed exclusively to our beloved sponsors! So support us with as
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cretanplaces
- Aug 27, 2019
- 2 min
The best 4 + 1 sheltered beaches in Crete, for windy days
If the Mistral blows… Find out about the best beaches in #Crete, for windy days. When wind is blowing is unpleasant, and even dangerous, to swim in the majority of the Cretan beaches, and, believe us, Crete and the Aegean is a windy area… Old anchorages becoming now top touristic destinations: these are the best beaches for windy days, sheltered by the northerlies and the Mistral, family-friendly (just pay attention, some of the beaches have no lifeguard coverage), usually no
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cretanplaces
- Jul 21, 2019
- 1 min
Skinakas Observatory. Discovering the Universe from the Cretan mountains [upt 2019]
Overview: A unique experience in the high altitude part of the Cretan landscape. In the central and highest mountain of #Crete, Psiloritis, an observatory has been settled more than thirty years ago. Location: In 1986, the year that the Halley’s comet passed close to Earth, the Physics department of the University of Crete in collaboration with Greek and German institutions built the observatory on the peak called Skinakas (1750 m. elevation), west of the higher peak of the
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