Crete gets bigger! Every 1000 years due to the dust coming from Africa, the island becomes 1cm higher.

Another interesting point is found in the myth of Crete’s healing air. Derived from Hippocrates, the father of medicine, it is deemed that the air has healing power curing strange ailments after breathing.

Magical landscape taken from a fairy tale; more than 5000 caves are waiting to be visited.

Only warm weather is boring. Only cold weather is boring. Crete has found the way to stay desired since it combines two different climatic zones. 

One more distinctive feature is its own language. Cretans speak their own dialect till today in some places.

Crete has a rich musical tradition. Instruments like laouto, violin, and lyre are just a small sample. Musical poems called mantinades, and music festivals are an integral part of the Cretan traditional lifestyle. 

Cretans are more than proud about their origin. Indeed, they prefer to be introduced first as Cretans and then as Greeks.

Black is the all time classic dress color in Crete including knee-high black riding boots, a black shirt and a black headdress consisting of a fishnet-weave kerchief worn wrapped around the head or draped on the shoulders. 

Crete was not a Greek island until November 1913, when it united with Greece (December 1st).

Due to Crete’s climate, some exotic fruits like strawberries, berries, avocado, banana, grapes and even aloe are flourishing here!

Can you guess what the birthplace of Zeus is? Of course, Crete! It was selected to be the origin of the king of gods regarding the Greek mythology.

Without a doubt, entire books can be written about raki. However, we will just refer to the fact that raki is the nectar of Cretans; an amazing drink with alcohol that is served in every angle of the island.