1. Crete Climate
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...n and Asterousia mountains, which fall in the North African climatic zone and thus enjoys significantly more sunny days and high temperatures during the summer, as well as very mild winters—cons...

2. Phestos
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... Idi, otherwise known as Psiloritis towers above when one gazes north. The architecture of Phaistos is more simplified compared with Knossos, and it is built in an orderly arrangement that refers to ...

3. Knossos
(Places to visit on Crete/Archaeological sites on Crete)

...which had grain mills, oil presses, and wine presses. Beneath the pithoi were stone holes used to store more valuable objects, such as gold. The palace used advanced architectural techniques; for exam...

4. Crete Music
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...rpathos. This must have finished by the 12th century (1101 – 1200 A.D.), since two centuries are more than enough for a musical ‘trip’ from Istanbul to Crete. Following the Crusades...

5. Cretan Literature
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...y during the last decade of his life. Paradoxically, too, because Kazantzakis has tended to be regarded more highly in international circles than at home. His wanderings temporarily halted by the occu...

6. Lassithi traditional windmills
(Places to visit on Crete/Traditional sites to visit on Crete)

...s of this type are preserved on Crete and on Karpathos (or Carpathos) but the Cretan ones are generally more carefully built and more elegant. The group of windmills has been declared a work of ar...

7. Chicken roasted
(Cretan diet recipes/Cretan Recipes)

... add some water and cook the food at normal heat for 30 minutes. Then add the chestnuts and cook for 10 more minutes. If you want, you can add two grated ripe tomatoes instead of water. ...

8. Dacos
(Cretan diet recipes/Cretan Recipes)

...o if you want Instructions: Slightly sprinkle the rusks with water. Pour a tbsp. oil on each daco, or more if you like. Grate the tomatoes and spread them over each daco. Add salt, oregano and fresh...

9. Balos beach on Kissamos
(Places to visit on Crete/Beaches on Crete)

...ch with a boat departuring from Kasteli twice a day, arriving in the morning and leaving 6hours later. More info for tikets and boat schedules here: http://www.gramvousa.com/ ...

10. Aptera
(Places to visit on Crete/Archaeological sites on Crete)

...d tou Ai Lia, according to the artefacts that were found there. The suburbs were older settlements of a more ancient city, of the same location, the name of which was "Ippokorona". . ...

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