According to figures, the total number of visitors to the Minoan palace site of Knossos in 2023 reached nearly 944,000 in 2023

Major wildfire in west-central Crete rekindled on Thursday due to strong winds

First respondents managed to initially put the blaze under control on Wednesday, preventing it from engulfing residences and spreading to other areas.

The fire brigade reported 29 new wildfires on Wednesday, of which 24 were immediately extinguished

The quake occurred at 10:23 am (local time) 11 kilometers southeast of the small port village Kaloi Limenes

The small town of Sitia on Crete is turning to traditions to boost its appeal as a tourist destination. ‘To Vima English Edition’ spoke with locals about their vision and plans

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Michalis Taroudakis, president of the Board of Directors of the museum dedicated to the great author and thinker, and its director Marilena Milathianaki, guide VIMAgazino through its spaces and speak about its activities, which remain faithful to the universal spirit of a man who was — and continues to be — read by every generation of modern Greece, and who is admired from the United States to faraway India and China.

The research effort generated headlines this month when Turkey sent warships to the area in a bid to intimidate Athens, with the former claiming the maritime region was part of its EEZ

5.3R Quake pinpointed at 59 kilometers off the large east Mediterranean island at a depth of 17.2 kilometers

A scene reminiscent of a much more benign D-Day landing took place at the popular Balos Beach, in extreme western Crete, with visitors required to wade for several meters

Press report in Athens quotes military source as saying F-16s scramble to ID Russian planes flying from Syria to Libya through southern-most part of Athens FIR

The list also features the Peloponnese's captivating landscapes, Greece's therapeutic hot springs, and sea excursions to exotic islets and unexplored shores in the Aegean and Ionian Seas.

Traditional Cretan handicrafts, dances, music and cuisine take center stage this weekend during the 5th Sitia Festival of Culture, Tradition & Arts.

According to the Athens Observatory’s Geodynamics Institute, the 3.9R tremor’s epicenter was located 24 kilometers southwest of the settlement of Palaiochora.

The archaeological dig is revealing a labyrinthine-like structure, as the rooms are interconnected with narrow openings

The 3.6 and 4.2 Richter earthquakes struck Arkalochori, in central Crete, Tuesday morning

Austria, Switzerland, and Germany stand out as particularly noteworthy markets, given Naxos' broad appeal to families, couples, and adventure seekers," remarked Vangelis Katsaras, Deputy Mayor of Tourism for the Municipality of Naxos and Small Cyclades.

The joint exercise took place over a maritime region 'marked off' in the revisionist and unrecognized “Turo-Libyan” agreement

The well-known northern Greece holiday 'magnet' of Halkidiki has the most Blue Flags in Greece among prefectures, with 104. Crete, as a whole however, has 146 Blue Flags