The Greek Island of Crete

Crete is the largest island of Greece. Do you want to find out what kind of place it is? It is simple. Find a suitable hotel in Crete and you will discover the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea!

Indeed, Crete is a part of Greece and Heraklion is the capital. Crete has also its own culture. However, it has some similarities with Greek culture, especially in the fields of music and language.

As a part of Greece, Crete has an important history. You will have an opportunity to visit all the monuments. The Minoan were the first civilization established in Crete in 1420 BC. Crete was a part of the Byzentine Empire, but then it got captured by the Iberian Muslims. After, Crete was taken by the Venitians, after the fourth crusade. The dark period of Crete history took place when plagues has critically hit Crete causing the death of approximately 1/3 of the population. Later, the island fell under the Ottomans sovereignty and some important cultural changes were brought there. As a result, monasteries and churches were converted into mosques. Therefore nowadays while visiting the island and having your Crete holidays you can see this mix of culture in Crete.

Crete is well known for its beautiful and exotic landscape. When coming to the Crete Airport of Heralkion, you will see an amazing mountain and plateaux. Indeed, Crete is formed by three different mountain ranges and fertile plateaux such as Lasithi, Omalos and Nidha. They look amazingly powerful, especially when you will have a chance to see the top parts covered by the fog that is spreading over the mountain.

The Cretan culture is very interesting. You will discover the Cretan wine and the Tsikoudia, a potent distillate and traditional drinks. Crete is also famous for its traditional music with special instrument, the lyre or the dance, the Pentozali. The traditional Cretan outfit contains the knee high black riding boots, black shirts and black headdress.

The tourism became the first source of money in Crete. Each Crete hotel will welcome you very well. More than two million tourists visit Crete every year. This number is increasing and the tourism infrastructure is becoming very diversified. Surely you will find your perfect Crete accommodation and then discover the most famous attractions of Crete such as the Minoan sights of Knossos and Phaistos, the sight of Gortys, the Venetian Old City, The Port of Chania, the Venetian castle at Rethymno and the Samaria gorge.