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Crete – City Guide

Crete island is the largest of Greece and is located in the south of the Aegean Sea. Crete is one of the most famous Greek islands and often visited with Santorini. It is separated in 4 prefectures: Chania, Heraklion, Lassithi and Rethymno. The island has everything to offer: mountainous landscapes, a coast with many beautiful beaches and rocky coves, beautiful towns and charming villages and harbors, excellent food, ruins like Knossos, of the Minoan Civilization, one of the greatest civilization ever, an exciting nightlife…This city guide is about the Greek Island of Crete, Greece, provides info about Hotels and Resorts, Restaurantes, Museums, Points of interest to visit.. a Lot of things to discover in Crete Island!

Hotels and Resorts

LENIKIS RESORT (Agia Galini, Creta)

Sitting at the highest point of Agia Galini, Lenikos Resort offers 3 swimming pools with sun loungers and boundless views to the Libyan Sea.The resort consists of various accommodation types, all with view to the sea and kitchen facilities. All units come with modern furniture and marble bathroom. Some rooms offer a living room with fireplace and a hydromassage shower.

CRETA MARIS BEACH RESORT (700 14 Hersonissos)

Hotels and Resorts

The 5-star Creta Maris Hotel is a unique combination of Aegean architecture and luxurious facilities. The Creta Maris has been created with loving care and attention to detail characterising one of the many thousands of villages on the Aegean Islands.

Spa

SIX SENDE (72053 Elounda)

The luxurious Six Senses Spa at Porto Elounda, Crete is undoubtedly one of the most breathtaking spas in the whole of Greece. Located on a peninsular overlooking a stunning expanse of the Aegean Sea, the spa reflects traditional architecture highlighted with cutting edge trends plus some quite stunning contemporary works of art.

LUXURY SPA HOTEL (Panormo Geropotamou 74057 Rethymnon)

Spa

Slip into the “Pure Senses Spa” world. A world that encompasses the best of nature to obtain unique well-being. Centrally located at the hotel “Royal Blue Resort & Spa”, Pure Senses Spa is a place where you will find the most incredible, unique sensations, where mind, body and spirit converge to feel unforgettable, pleasurable experiences.

Restaurants

DOMES OF ELOUNDA(Elounda,72053)

Domes of Elounda is a Luxury Hotel in Greece that has reinvented Elounda, one of the most famous tourist destinations worldwide. The area is well known for beautiful coves which hide many small secluded beaches along the coast. The village of Elounda lies close to the shore and looks out on the quiet bay of Elounda with spectacular views of the Venetian fortress of Spinalonga and Korfos Gulf.

BRILLIANT GOURMET RESTAURANT (15 Epimenidou st. Iraklio 712 02)

Restaurants

Since opening in 2007, this restaurant has emerged as offering the finest dining experience in Iraklion. The decor is best described as postmodern, with elements of Art Deco and industrialism making for an eye-catching environment. But this would mean nothing if it were not matched by the menu and service, which are of the highest quality. The ingredients are basically Greek — even local Cretan — but prepared in combinations that make for some unexpected treats: Appetizers might include a tomato-brie puff pie and goat cheese with prosciutto, while entrees include tender filets of beef or pork, as well as chicken and fish dishes.

NYKTERIDA (Korakies Akrotiri)

Here is another of those restaurants where the location is a major part of the dining experience. It’s on a high point with spectacular nighttime views of Chania and Soudha Bay — but be sure to insist on a table with that view — so save it for when you can dine outdoors on a summer evening.

 

Galleries

MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY OF CHANIA (Chalidon Street)

An institution of culture, that aims in the creation of necessary “space”, where the various sectors of Art, Science and Literature can coexist, each seeking the contribution of the other, thus becoming feasible the materialization of visions that each one of these means of expression of the Human spirit, to be able offer to the community.

Museums

THE MUSEUM OF AGHIOS NIKOLAOS (74 Konstantinou Palaiologou Str)

Museum

A jug in the stylized shape of a female figure, found at the Bronze Age site at Korifi and known as the Goddess of Mirtos, is this museum’s proudest exhibit. Elsewhere are clay Minoan coffins decorated with paintings, good examples of Vasiliki pottery and some finely worked gold jewellery.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF RETHYMNO (30 M. Vernardou Street, Rethimno)

It is located just opposite the entrance of the fortress (Fortezza). It exhibits objects from the Neolithic to the Roman period, found at the prefecture of Rethymno (mainly Eleftherna, Monastiraki and Armeni). Clay figurines, funerary coffers, grave offerings, statues, grave steles, red-figure vases, bronze vessels, jewellery and glass vases, are some of the objects on display.

Design Shops

CARMELA  (Agelou 7 Old Town)

The exquisite store has a tempting array of orig jewellery designs with stones collected on their travels, as well as Carmela’s unique ceramics using ancient techniques. They also have jewellery and ceramics by leading Greek artists.

 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTEFACTS

These fake antiques are available throughout Crete, usually at unreasonably high prices.

ANATOLIA (Anagnostopoulou Str. 22 – Kolonaki)

Here you can find antique jewellery from all over the world.

 

Design Centers

EXANTAS ART SPACE (Zambeliou & Moschon Old Town)

This classy store has great postcards with old photos, lithographs and engravings, handmade gifts, Cretan music as well as a good range of travel, coffee table and art books.

Showrooms

NIKIFORAKIS

You will be impressed with the unique carved furniture and the great variety of this collection, ready to meet every different taste.

EASY HOUSE LIVING  (115 Apokironou Str., Chania)

Showrooms

The store EasyHouse Living in Chania, Crete was founded in 2001 and today represents important international names in the design that perfectly reflect the aesthetics and philosophy of the company. The constant updating and monitoring of trends of design, materials, technologyand presentation brings our business to the top companies in Greece. Also, the correct information of the customer before and after the sale ofqualified staff, leading to the preference and acceptance by the public.

Celebrity Houses

LADY GAGA’S HOUSE

Singer and songwriter Lady Gaga is building a palatial home in Crete, in 2010. She bought the land on the island of Crete in 2010. The residential property will also include a tennis court, two swimming pools and a church.

 

Luxury Houses

SEASIDE LUXURY RESIDENCES (Crete, Irakleio)

Waterfront complex of private villas in the area of Agia Pelagia in the municipality of Heraklio, Crete. In an amphitheatric plot of 21.000 sq. meters, a complex of villas is bound to be constructed in an ideal way so that each residence has its own secluded position that ensures full autonomy.

 UNIQUE LUXURY SEA FRONT VILLA (Chania)

This magnificent villa was designed by a famous Greek architect. The villa is a sea front property on a 4.500m² plot and 486m² living area inside, located near the city of Chania (approx. 15 minutes by car). From this amazing property you have only 10 minutes walk to the nearest beach. The villa is located on a hill top, with the most fantastic panorama view you can imagine. You see the sunrise and the sun sets from an undisturbed world of luxury.

LUXURY VILLA WITH MAGNICIENT SEA VIEWS (Irakleion)

This newly built stone villa is located in Lygaria, just by the sea, on an enchanting site, with a marvellous beach, having in front just the open sea finding the horizon. The Mediterranean style is found everywhere: in the beauty of the sea, the blue sky, the nearby picturesque villages with the abundant churches and the narrow streets, the hospitable local people, the tavernas, the warm atmosphere.

 

 

Country Club Living

THE CRETE GOLF CLUB (P.O. Box 106, Hersonissos)

The Crete Golf Club near Hersonissos is the only 18 hole course on the islan of Crete and one of the most impressive courses of the Mediterranean, which holds a unique challenge and a plesant experience for both golf players and visitors all year round.

 

Deserty Home Linving

VILLA NISI

The Villa Nisi is a magical place to stay if you want privacy, peace and quiet and only a five minute drive to the beach and town of Aya Galini.

 

VILLA SPITI

Villa Spiti was built recently and designed to capture the essence of historic, Moorish styling blended with the comforts and needs of a modern, family home.…

VILLA HELIOS

Villa Helios is a single-story villa with two double bedrooms (both with large, fitted wardrobes offering ample storage) and its own private swimming pool. French doors lead from both bedrooms onto the pool’s sun-kissed terrace for dazzling views of Crete’s rugged hills and surrounding mountains, and all the way down to the Libyan Sea and the islands of Paximadia.

Wineries

LIRARAKIS (17 Psaromilingon str, Iraklion)

It is certain that there is no Cretan family which, in the course of time, has not been directly involved in the production of wine. For the residents of the island, this product has been, and will forever remain, the most beloved of all goods, which the Cretan soil bountifully offers us. Brought up in this environment, the founders of the company decided, 35 years ago, to become professionally involved with the production of wine.

MINOS

MINOS is in its eighth decade and produces wine from local varieties, such as Kotsifali and Mandilari for reds and Vilana, Vidiano and Thrapsiri for whites; they are turned into wine and bottled using the state of the art methods and cutting edge machinery regarding technology and methodology.

Points of interest

AGIA EKATERINI

At the foot of the square, and more interesting than the cathedral, is this church which in the 16th century was one of the great schools of Cretan icon painting. Today it houses the world’s best collection of Cretan icons.

GORTYS

Point of Interest

Toppled Roman columns, a ruined Byzantine basilica, post-Minoan fortifications, and an agora, acropolis and remains of temples to Athena and Apollo all hint at the past glories of this large and little-visited archaeological site close to Crete’s south coast. First settled in Minoan times, it became one of the most important cities of Doric Crete.

Art Shows

THE ENCARDIA CRETE

Tarantella Pizzica Pizzica: Treatment & Antidote! The Encardia just before Christmas back to Crete for 4 different concerts with festive carols, songs of love and xeniteias and dancing with “therapeutic disposal” in ecstatic rhythms tarantella pizzica pizzica! A travel show & party!

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