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Crete is the largest island of Greece and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean. Crete has an area of about 8300 sq.km. A mountainous island, it lies south of the Aegean Sea, a link between Europe, Africa and Asia.
This geographical position, being at the junction of major civilizations and cultural currents, has influenced its history throughout the past 6000 years. Crete island has an elongated shape, 260 km long from east to west and between 15 and 60 km wide. The coastline is over 1000 km long and consists of both sandy beaches and rocky shores. The high mountains are a characteristic of the Cretan landscape. They form three mountain complexes, each with its own 'personality'. Between the ranges lie semi-mountainous zones, which cover the greater part of Crete Greece.
There are also a few low lying plains as well as a number of high plateaux. Crete has about 600.000 inhabitants, of which over a third live in the towns of Iraklion, Chania and Rethymnon. The rest of Crete island (Creta) is sparsely populated, with large tracts of mountainous areas frequented only by shepherds. |
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Chora Sfakion, Plakias, Ierapetra, Paleochora, Georgioupolis, Agia Galini, Matala, Preveli, Platanias, Sitia, Lassithi |
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Sissi, Gramvousa, Kasteli, Mount Dikti, Agia Marina, Imbros Gorge, Bali, Balos lagoon, Stalis, Arkadi Monastery, |
Akrotiri, Sougia, Spinalonga, Falassarna, Kalathas, Almirida, Kalives, Kolymbari, Stalos, Agia Pelagia, Fodele, |
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Gerani, Nea Chora, Analipsis, Palekastro, Kato Daratso, Kalamaki, Agia Triada, Piskopiano, Star beach, Milatos, |
The most popular of Greek islands is located in the Aegean sea, in the Most southern point of Europe, only about 320 km from the coast of North Africa. On Crete there lie past and present close together and a lot testifies from the changeable history. In the palace of Knossos or in Heraklion with his museums, a lot waits to be discovered by you. Numerous worthwhile destinations offer interesting change to restful and sporty bath floors. The scenery is diverse with high mountains, to deep gulches, fertile levels, widen, green valleys and woods as well as marvellous miles long sandy beaches and pebble beaches before partly wildly cleft rock coasts. the people in the native country of Alexis Zorbas are down-to-earth and from especially hearty hospitality.
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