Arrive Crete island Greece
Crete, sometimes spelled Krete is the largest of the Greek islands. The island of Crete is situated between Europe, Asia and Africa continets. The island of Crete Greece is about 220 km long and 50 km wide. The population count half a milion of inhabitants.
You can reach Crete island by boat or by plane. Fly to Crete is comfortable because you can land in one of three airports: Heraklion airport or "Kazantzakis" airport, Chania airport or "Daskalogiannis" and the small Sitia airport Heraklion and Chania are international airports, Sitia airport is currently receiving domestic flights only.
Ferries to Crete island depart from Athens, off course you can choose also departures from Thessaloniki, Rhodes, Kalamata or Gythio. From departure places you can reach six main por tin Crete island: Chania, Rethymno, Heraklion, Ag. Nikolaos, Kastelli-Kissamou and Sitia.
What to do in Crete island Greece
There are a lot of places to stay from bed and breakfast apartment buildings, luxury hotels to rent a room facilities.
The cities has got a rich night live you can chose between vibrant discos, pubs and bars along the harbour, to relaxed, calmer bars on the beach. Tourists can find there also interesting shops with souvenirs and some of shops with unique, traditional Greek merchandise.
Places to see in Crete island Greece
- Heraklion
- Koules Fortress in Heraklion.
- KNOSSOSPALACE and labirintus near Heraklion
- Matala and caves.
- Archaeological Museum in Heraklion.
- Gortys archaeological site.
- Chania
- Fortress Fragokastelo.
- Samaria Gorge National Park.
- Rethimno
- City with Fortress.
- The cemetery of German soldiers and British soldiers in the cemetery of World War II.
- Canyon
- Mosque Rethimnu
- Lassithi
- Agios Nikolaos, a small town in the bay.
- Spinalonga.
Greek olive oil from Crete
Greece is probably one of the biggest exporter for olive oil and other olives products. Oil has been also used for making diverse soaps for thousand of years.
In eighteenth cetury the amount of olive oil from Crete almost doubled. There are few, small family businesses in Crete today who are processing olive oil and make than olive oil soaps. Olive oil soap is very mild and can be used on any skin typ. People in Crete are producing also olive oil soaps with herbal extracts such as aloe, thyme, rosemary with added cosmetic properties. The soap is exported to several different countrys all over the World.
