On the island ... tend to view Crete as a less aggressive power that used its naval expertise to dominate trade rather than to conquer. Despite the importance of Crete to ancient Greek ...

Sitting between Asia, Africa and Europe, Crete is located around 200 miles south of mainland Greece. With an area of about 3,300 square miles, Crete is one of the largest islands in the Mediterranean.

As Greece’s largest island, Crete is perfect for island-hoppers who ... Santorini’s got that iconic rooftop view with ivory villas, stuccoed cave hotels, and pops of blue cascading down ...

The strongest earthquake recorded was magnitude 4.6 at 3:55 p.m. Sunday, at a depth of 14 kilometers (9 miles), the Athens ...