Crete Villas

Crete boasts clear blue seas, sandy beaches and glorious sunshine. Its north coast bustles with thriving resorts as well as histiric towns such as Rethymno and Chania. Four great mountain ranges stretch from east to west. The island's capital, Irakleio, is fmous for its Archaeolgical museum and is also good base for exploring the greatest of Crete's Minoan palaces, Knosos.

Crete is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Greece; fifteen percent of all arrivals in Greece come through the city of Heraklion (port and airport), while charter journeys to Iraklion last year made up 20% of all charter flights in Greece. Overall, more than two million tourists visited Crete last year, and this increase in tourism is reflected on the number of hotel beds, rising by 53% in the period between 1986 to 1991, when the rest of Greece saw increases of only 25%. Today, the island's tourism infrastructure caters to all tastes, including a very wide range of accommodation; the island's facilities take in large luxury hotels with their complete facilities swimming pools, sports and recreation, smaller family-owned apartments, camping facilities and others. Visitors reach the island via two international airports in Heraklion and Chania, or by boat to the main ports of Heraklion, Chania, Rethimno, and Agios Nikolaos.

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