Crete is the largest and probably the most famous Greek island. In addition, it is here that the best resorts are located and a lot of architectural, natural and even legendary sights are concentrated. This is a great place to relax, and it does not matter whether you prefer to simply luxuriate on the beach, or spend days on the fly on interesting excursions, or all night to have fun in noisy clubs - here everyone will find exactly what he needs. After all, Crete is Greece, and in Greece, as everyone knows, there is everything.
Crete is really a sunny island, rains here are only in the winter. In addition, it is located in such an unusual way that almost never there is a thunderstorm, though, if the bad weather reaches the shores of Crete, then it can go on in earnest, and the thunder will be echoed by the echoes emanating from the mountains located in the central part of the island. In general, the climate here is marine, very mild, and, even despite the absence of rain, the humidity of the air is always normal. Weather conditions are always very comfortable and have a beach holiday.
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Beach Crete
Crete today is, first of all, a popular Mediterranean resort with well-developed infrastructure, high level of service and very friendly and hospitable locals. The coastline is quite wide, the beaches can be either sandy or with pebbles, but each of them is equipped with everything necessary for a carefree high-grade rest. But the coastal waters contain a lot of interesting, so diving here is really exciting.
Tourists are offered to stay in both large hotel complexes and private mini-boarding houses, and lovers of the authentic atmosphere can even provide a bed in a peasant house.
In addition to a favorable climate, Crete attracts many and beautiful ecology, because there are absolutely no factories or plants, occasionally there are only food industry enterprises and agricultural land. In general, the island's economy is based on income from tourism, so foreign guests are especially happy here, and they are trying to please them in everything.
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Excursion Crete
Do not forget about the rich historical heritage of Crete, because this small island is considered the cradle of the whole of European culture. And it will be completely unforgivable to spend all your vacation exclusively on the beach, without even looking at the unique remnants of the past heroic epochs, to walk through numerous museums, ancient religious buildings, and places associated with the myths of ancient Greece.
Firstly, it is worth to visit the famous Knossos Palace, after all, according to legend, it was he who was the notorious Minotaur Labyrinth .Gradually it is carried out restoration work, but now it is easy to see that the long confused corridors and numerous transitions really resemble a labyrinth in which one can easily get lost .Also in the central part of the island, high in the mountains is a fairly inconspicuous, inaccessible cave, but nevertheless, dozens of tourists visit it every day - and the thing is that exactly this year thousands of years ago the most important of the Olympic gods was born and grew .
In addition, there is a huge number of ancient and current monasteries on the island, which amaze not only with its architectural forms and history, but also with specific charters.
Cuisine of Crete
Talking about Crete and not remembering its stunning cuisine means not saying anything about it, because it is the basis of the cuisine of the whole Mediterranean, although it itself is in some way a symbiosis of Italian, Turkish and even Arabic cuisines. First of all, it is rich in vegetables, they are served in any form - steamed, roasted, and more often baked and stuffed.
Meat in Crete is consumed much more often than in all of Greece, it is prepared according to ancient recipes. Also very fond of fish, which is also often baked on open fire. One of the main features of the Cretan, and the whole Greek cuisine is the use of exclusively olive oil, and it is in Crete that the largest number of olive groves grow. Also, the Greeks drink a lot of red wine and cook a variety of cheeses. A very important place on the table of every Greek is bread, it is very tasty and magnificent here.
You can find out all the variety of Cretan cuisine in numerous restaurants, many of which are located simply on picturesque embankments. Portions here are big enough, and all the dishes are very hearty, but due to the fact that their basis is vegetables, they will not affect your figure in any way. But the famous feta cheese can be tried even in small villages, where it is cooked by hand, adhering to the old traditional recipe.