About Crete
Crete, the place where the Minoan culture was born and evolved. The land where Xenios Zeus was born. Crossroad of seaways and cultures. From here passed Arabs, Venetians, and Turks. With a key role, on the 2nd World War, with the battle of Crete changing the course of the war and hence the history of the world. The island of Domenico Theotokopoulos “El Greco”, Nikos Kazantzakis and Eleftherios Venizelos. With extent 8331 Sq.Km, a length approx. 260 km from the east to west and width from 12 to 60 km Crete is included in the five larger islands of the Mediterranean. Its geophysical form creates contradictory representations, as it includes forests, seas, and immense beautiful beaches, mountains with high altitude and snow, but also rocky and dry soil. With a rich history, culture, unique natural environment, particularly soft climate and the worldwide known hospitality of its residents constitutes a pole of attraction for a lot of visitors. The prefectures of Chania, Rethimnon, Heraklion, and Lasithi compose the Region Crete that is surrounded from the north by the Cretan sea, from the south by Liviko sea.
