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Crete - the southernmost and largest of the Greek islands has "everything"! Its bountiful variety of features includes mountain villages, long sandy beaches, rocky bays, beach-bar-boogie & nightlife. There are magnificent mountain ranges, water-sports, tranquil locations and crystal clean seas. Bathed in clear sunlight most of the year, the climate is one of the best in Europe. It is understandably a most popular travel and vacation destination.
Crete mountain villageCrete has a magic radiance, there is the supreme quality of the light here, the sharp rugged mountains meeting openly with clear seas. There is an abundance of wildlife, plants & flowers that are unique to the island. Breath in the ever-present scents of wild herbs, taste fresh fruit, the best of the world's olive oil and healthy, delicious cheeses. Enjoy the delight of sipping a Greek coffee at the roadside in a mountain village, the excitement and spill over of weddings and occasions, the history, and the people. It is also a historian's and archaeologist's paradise.
Because Crete is the largest of the Greek islands, it offers developed tourist areas with large resort hotels, small intimate hotels, quiet coves, hidden beaches, invigorating mountain villages and plateaus that reward the discerning traveller.
Crete is divided into 4 provinces or more correctly prefectures, Chania, Rethymno, Heraklion and Lassithi. With the exception of Lassithi, the capital of each region has the same name, in Lassithi, the main town is Agios Nikolaos.
Heraklion airport “Nikos Kazantzakis” or Heraklion International airport, is the second busiest airport in Greece. It took its name from the famous author Nikos Kazantzakis and is 4km from the center of the city at Alikarnassos.