This web site includes practical information per topic and per place of interest. Visitors will also find some interesting background information and historical information related to Crete. Also including photos from Crete, Crete Maps and Weather forecast.

From the introduction: "Crete called Candia in the Venetian period and Turkish Girit is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea.

Tourist attractions in Crete include archeological sites at Knossos, Phaistos, Gortys and many other places, the Venetian castle in Rethymno, the Samaria Gorge and many other minor gorges (Agia Irini, Aradena, etc).

Crete was the center of the Minoan civilization (ca. 2600–1400 BCE), the oldest civilization in Europe."

Please learn more by visiting the About Crete Web site.

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