Magda TsagkarakiOct 19, 20202 minAmazing & Breathtaking SantoriniThe biggest balcony of the Aegean Sea, with its white washed chapels and houses over the black lava rocks will take your breath away. But...
Magda TsagkarakiFeb 1, 20191 minThe Greatest Adventure Jeep SafariThe Jeep Safari not only refreshes and revitalizes but one feels close to nature while driving through the quiet and beautiful...
Magda TsagkarakiJan 17, 20191 minPrehistoric City of AkrotiriA Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis. Tucked away at the...
Magda TsagkarakiJan 12, 20192 minPsiloritis Unesco Global GeoparkPsiloritis is connected with the birth and activity of immortal gods. At the glacis of mountain Idis, Rea hunted by Saturn, hid Zeus and...
Unesco natural park PsiloritisJan 11, 20193 minMountain Hiking Gonies MaleviziouThe geo-itinerary of Gonies Description The area of Gonies, Maleviziou, has a unique and distinctive geological character. Over a...
Magda TsagkarakiJan 11, 20193 minThe Foothills of PsiloritisTaking the old roads east from Rethymnon, through the foothills of Psiloritis range, there are a variety of routes to choose from or...
Magda TsagkarakiJan 10, 20198 minPalace of Knossos Europe's oldest city !Arena scene fresco, Knossos, Crete, 1600 BCE. Minoans crowded into the seats to watch bull leaping As soon as you enter the palace...
Magda TsagkarakiJan 7, 20192 minWhy are Cretans So Healthy?The best way to determine why the people of Crete enjoyed good health is not by considering the benefits of one type of fat over another...
Charalambos GASPARISJan 7, 20196 minLand and Peasants in Medieval Crete. 13th-14th centuriesAthens (Institute for Byzantine Research/NHRF) 1997 National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute for Historical Research, Faculty...
Magda TsagkarakiJan 7, 20191 minSouthwest from HeraklionCrossing the island on the southwest route is not, on the whole, the most exciting of drives: on the western outskirts of the city you...
Magda TsagkarakiJan 5, 20192 minKNOSSOS...a dancing placeKNOSSOS...a dancing place All full of turning, that was like the admirable maze For fair hair’d Ariadne made, by cunning Daedalus -...
Magda TsagkarakiJan 4, 20194 minHiking around the area in OmalosOmalos, the heart of the plateau, is largely unaffected by the daily dawn procession in summer. Once the hordes have gore it settles back...
Magda TsagkarakiJan 4, 20195 minSAMARIA GORGE HIKINGThe one trip that every visitor to Crete-even those eminently unsuited to it- feels compelled to make is the hike down the Samaria gorge...
Magda TsagkarakiJan 4, 20191 minMOUNTAIN HIKINGThere ARE FEW PLACES IN THE WORLD WHERE HIGH MOUNTAINS SO CLOSE TO THE Sea combine with a perfect climate. This is a paradise for...
Magda TsagkarakiJan 2, 20191 minSundry OctopusDid you know? The tradition is centuries old, when people discovered that it was better to dry octopus before grilling it, but had...
Magda TsagkarakiDec 30, 20183 minWhere to go !Along the south coast, and west, towards Rethymnon, where mountains drop straight down to the sea, only handful of places are developed,...
Magda TsagkarakiDec 22, 201710 minHeraklion CityThe province of Iraklion with the string of big resorts that lies to the east of the island, the great Minoan sites, Knossos, Malia and...
Magda TsagkarakiNov 24, 20173 minWine not? Top vineyards to visitThe countryside south of Knossos is dominated by the bulk of Mount Yiouhtas (811m) which rises alone from a landscape otherwise...