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Crete tourist information
Crete is the largest and most famous Greek island. Birth place of El
Greco and many other Great Greek writers like Nikos Kazantzakis and
Politicians like Eleftherios Venizelos. Crete according the Mythology
was the birth place of Zeus. On the island of Crete bloomed the Minoan
civilization witch remains are to be seen at the Palaces of Knossos and
Festos.
Crete situated on the southern tip of
the Aegean Sea. The coastline presents profound geographical formations,
giving Crete over 700 miles of coastline. Crete's terrain is mostly
mountainous and plains constitute a small percentage of its territory. Among
these the most important is the plain Messaria in the central zone. Crete is
located approximately 160 km south of the Greek mainland. Crete is one of
the most popular holiday destinations in Greece. Every year millions of
tourists visit the island of Crete making Crete the most visited by tourists
island of Greece. This increase in tourism has as a result an enormous
increase in Hotels and other accommodations on the island.
Today, the
tourism infrastructure in Crete satisfy all kind of preferences from large
luxury hotels with all the facilities like swimming pools, conference centers and recreational sport facilities, to smaller family-owned
apartments, pensions, rooms and self catering apartments . Visitors can
reach the island by Crete's two international airports one in Heraklio and
one in Chania, and by ferries to Heraklio, Chania, Rethymno, Agios Nikolaos
and sitia. Crete is the largest island in Greece and the second largest of
the eastern Mediterranean sea after Cyprus .
The main city and Port of Crete is Heraklion with its Venetian
Castle at the port. Other cities are Rethymno ,Chania ,Agios Nikolaos ,Ierapetra
,Sitia and many small villages and tourist resorts. Crete is the garden
of Greece with the biggest production of Olives ,Tomatoes and
Oranges.The island has a very developed economy and is one of the most
rich areas of Greece. Crete with more then 300 days of sunshine has a
lot of attractions that makes the island as one of the most visited in
the Mediterranean. Crete has daily air connections to Athens and other
European cities ,the super luxury Cretan Ferries of ANEK and MINOAN
LINES connect daily not only Crete with Piraeus but Greece with Italy as
well from Patras and Igumenitsa.
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