Crete: Things to see and do

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Plakias (Brigadoon) Crete local olive oil co-operative. Winter holiday idea
Posted 07 Nov 2009 by dawn Brown
Explaining how the oil-co-op works for the localsWork with the families to understand the total oil production process in a technique that recycles every by-product.
Learn how the Cretan tomatoes are really the best as direct descendants from ancient plants. Cook with the locals in Sellia and find out about the Mediterranean diet. Visit the Raki , and wine harvest and production. Good organic brewery to visit. More details posted on Eco-Aware h...more...
A great place to eat excellent food
Posted 20 Oct 2009 by Marcos Mourtzanakis
One of the most renowned things that a vistor has on mind while coming to Crete is its Nutrition. The food here is excellent and I might confess after being born and brought up outside Greece and then coming here at the age of 25, I sincerely haven't had this kind of quality food ever before. It's fantastic.

Crete is a place where has a profound tradition in its nutrition, hosptiality and warmt...more...
Chrissi Island
Posted 23 Apr 2009 by Anne Williams
If you are going to Crete this summer then Chrissi Island is an amazing place for a day trip. This is an uninhabited island just off the south west cost of Crete accessible by ferry May to Oct from Ierapetra, sitting in the Libyan Sea.
The journey over takes about an hour and if your lucky you might see dolphins escorting the ferry. You get dropped off at the southern coast of the island, which ...more...
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