From Souda Bay to Heraklion, one traveler traces Minotaur lore, bold restorations and surprisingly advanced plumbing at ...

The Greek coastguard rescued nearly 550 migrants, including dozens of minors, within 48 hours during several operations in ...

Crete has been a food destination a long time in the making. Greece’s biggest island is dotted with centuries-old olive trees (including the oldest olive tree in the world still producing fruit), ...

From restored palaces in Rome and Bucharest to countryside retreats in Devon and Crete, travel magazine Afar has unveiled its ...

Fishermen are calling for an immediate subsidy scheme to cull toxic pufferfish, while scientists look for ways to neutralise ...

National Geographic has picked Crete in its Best of the World list for food, and the island is also an official 2026 European region of gastronomy. View on euronews ...

You know all of those sun-soaked, sprawling-sea images you see of Greece on social media? A lot of them are peak “Instagram vs. Reality.” That’s where your pal visiting Santorini has artfully cropped ...

Ask a traveler where they’ve visited in Greece, and chances are good they’ll point to Santorini. The photogenic island has fueled social media feeds for years with its whitewashed buildings, black ...

A German tourist arrested in Crete on suspicion of espionage has been released. The arrest and his time in custody came as a ...

The largest island in Greece, Crete has everything you might want from a summer getaway. Sandy beaches (including a pink one that consistently ranks among the country’s best) en ...

As residents of Crete prepared to celebrate their town’s 150th year in 1986, they began a concerted fundraising effort for a museum to house a century and a half’s worth of local history. “They sold ...