Crete is a 250 km long island in South-Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Minoan civilization was born and flourished here. Two million tourists visit Crete every year. Very few of them actually discover the beauties of the island.
Join us in
an attempt to 
Yannis is your guide to the less known highlights of his island
Follow him along a virtual tour and meet Crete's best beaches and places to visit.
Learn some traditional Cretan recipes and read about the endangered species of Mediterranean Sea.
Put your hiking boots on and walk with him along scenic routes on the Cretan mountains and inside the most remarkable gorges of Crete.
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Crete
Trekking
Tour Around the island
Beaches
Cretan Diet
Mediterranean
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about:
1. Samaria gorge, the famous 18 km long gorge
2. Find your own secluded beach. Swimsuits are optional!
3. Sarikopittes, the cretan cheese-pie
4. Caretta-caretta, an endangered sea turtle species
5. Take a tour in Asterousia Mountains, the place where stars look so bright and close, that you want to stretch your hand and touch them
6. enjoy the photos in the image gallery
7. NEW !! Get a free screen saver! (749 KB) with images of Crete. Please vote for this site first and then come back to get the file.
8. Read about the "Preveli Project": the efforts of a World War II Australian Veteran to express his gratitude to the people who saved his life in Preveli, Crete on 1941.
