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With a surface of 8300km² Crete is the largest island of Greece and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is about 250 kilometer long and it's main roads measure about 550km in length. The longest North-South connection is 60km in width and at lerapetra just 12 kilometer in average. The number of residents is close to 600.000 in total of which a third lives in the three main cities of the island: Crete's capital city Iraklion, Chania, and Rethymnon.

Starting at the West with the White Mountains (Lefka Ori) rising at 2452m...

The Ida mountains are located in the middle of the island, with heights over 2450m...

The Dikti mountains are located in the Eastern part of Crete, with heights up to 2148m...

Crete has a superb nature around the entire island showing nature can be very rough...

Nature lovers can find a wide variety of wild flowers and plants which are only to be found on Crete...

Crete has an inconceiva-ble amount of beautiful sights all over the island which in most cases are easy to reach...

Cretans are very friendly and welcoming, here one still can find service with a smile...

Crete offers many ways for excursions for instance to the Samaria gorge...

The clear sea surroun-ding Crete offers  good opportunities for snorkling or diving...

Crete has more than a thousand churches and chapels with breathtaking wall paintings, and thirty impressive monasteries...

The Cretan kitchen offers a lot of variety and is known as world's most healthiest...

Due to it's Mediterranean climate Crete has about three hundred days of sun a year...

The Samaria gorge is the longest gorge in Europe with a lenght over 16km!

The outside temperature in July-August is approx. 26 degrees celsius, sea water between 24-27 degrees...

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