With its cobbled alleys packed with tavernas and boutiques, and pastel-coloured houses surrounding a picture-perfect Venetian ...

The 16th-century village of Kapsaliana in Crete has been transformed from a desolate place into a pioneering, world-class ...

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Greek authorities ordered thousands to evacuate from different parts of the southern island of Crete, one of the country's most popular tourist spots, where wildfires burned uncontrollably on Thursday ...

The ancient Greeks on Crete may have cheated the Romans by exporting "knock-off" versions of their highly prized raisin wine.

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.

Crete has been a food destination a long time in the making. Greece’s biggest island is dotted with centuries-old olive trees (including the oldest olive tree in the world still producing fruit), ...

Tourists and residents on the Greek island of Crete have been forced to evacuate due to fast-moving wildfires. The flames, whipped by gale-force winds, burned through the night and into Thursday, ...

Beyond the shadow of Athens and the beaches of the Peloponnese, Greece is home to a constellation of islands, each with its ...

As residents of Crete prepared to celebrate their town’s 150th year in 1986, they began a concerted fundraising effort for a museum to house a century and a half’s worth of local history. “They sold ...

ATHENS: The Greek coast guard rescued 131 would-be migrants off the island of Crete on Saturday, bringing the number of ...