As German paratroopers seized Maleme airfield, the battle for Crete had only just begun. Across the island, fierce fighting ...

Mitsotakis visited the construction site of the new Heraklion international airport in Kasteli, Crete, vowing that it will be ...

Author, critic and avid traveler Miles Marshall Lewis discovers food, wine and fun on Crete, Greece’s largest isle and hidden gem. A solid travel story about Greece should start something like: “A ...

According to mythology, Crete was the birthplace of Zeus. Heraklion is the largest city of Crete and one of Greece’s major urban centers. The city flourished under a multicultural influence throughout ...

Jet2 is adding extra flights from four UK airports to the Greek islands of Kos, Santorini and Crete this summer ...

British holidaymakers have more ways to get some Greek sunshine this summer, as Jet2 has just added close to 30,000 extra ...

A mighty wind buffeted our Olympic Airways jet, bouncing it around as we descended at Heraklion, Crete’s capital. As I maneuvered my stick-shift rental Opel through a maze of Heraklion’s narrow ...

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