Greek airports see passenger figures soar, Sitia doubled - 16 November, 2018 crete-airports3.gif Passenger traffic through Greek airports increased 9.9 percent in the first 10 months of the year compared to the same period of 2017, according to figures released by the Civil Aviation Authority. In f...

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Greece has highest percentage of priests in Europe - 14 November, 2018 religious.jpg Greece has the most priests in Europe in proportion to its population, with the recent economic crisis pushing more young Greeks to see the priesthood as a job, a Kathimerini newspaper report says. The majority of ...

Thank you very much Jean for all your wonderful reports here this Autumn. It was a great joy to read them and to admire your great photos. It feels like I am leaving Sfakia now for winter too!

Good trip and good winter to both of you.

Hello Andrew and Marie, The new prices shown on their website are correct, as the manager sent them to me personally. The old price of a triple used to be Euro 45 per night, next year it will be Euro 60. Or with breakfast included Euro 57 / Euro 75. They want to upgrade their hotel rooms, to be in l...

Greece: No Indication (Yet) of Brexit Impact on UK Bookings for 2019 - 7 November, 2018 brexit.jpg The booking behaviour of British holidaymakers for EU destinations, including Greece, does not seem to currently have a “Brexit effect”, according to research presented by ForwardKeys on Monday during...

The high school of Sfakia has been occupied since last Thursday - 7 November, 2018 katalipsi.jpg From Thursday, 1 November the Lyceum of Chora Sfakion remains closed as the students decided to occupy the school. The students chose to proceed with this mobilization as a protest for not covering two ...

The No Problem apartment also features a separate shower, with walls and milk glass doors.

New data reveal extent of Cretan fires in 2018 - 6 November, 2018 fire-vrisses3.jpg An area of 1,534 hectares was burnt on Crete in 2018 by the fires that broke out on the island during the year. According to Greece’s Fire Brigade, 556 fires that burned farmland and forests were recorded on the isl...

Hotel Samaria renovated this winter - 5 November, 2018 All rooms of Hotel Samaria in Chora Sfakion will be completely renovated this winter. After the work has been done, the rooms will be luxurious, and they will aim at a 'higher' segment of tourists. The new room rates are reflecting that, and ca...