“It’s like Buddhist philosophy: bringing nature into order,” says Yianna Kouridaki, motioning to the cairns of carefully stacked rocks all around us. “People want enlightenment from these stones; they ...

Proper mountains, miles of beach, historic towns and a distinctive culture: you'll find it all in captivating Crete. The Minoan civilisation put the island on the map in the Bronze Age, leaving behind ...

With an area of about 3,300 square miles, Crete is one of the largest islands in the Mediterranean. The island's east and ...

ATHENS, GreeceATHENS, Greece — Authorities on the Greek island of Crete have ordered the temporary closure of mountain gorges popular with hikers after an earthquake triggered a rockslide and ...

Unique Cretan discovery: Entomologists identified Pyralis papaleonei, a medium-sized moth with purple forewings, as a new species endemic to Crete’s White Mountains. Symbolic naming choice: Named ...

Away from the bars and bustle, Crete’s spectacular White Mountains are opening up to sensitive and sustainable travel – with scrumptious food ‘Tonight there will be you and me and the goats,” my guide ...

Welcome to the Crete Crocodile Conundrum. We were high in the mountains of the Greek island, trying to decide whether our charismatic, yarn-spinning driver-guide Thanasis was winding us up yet again.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seek out the on-site water park at Creta Maris (Creta Maris) There's no shortage of family-friendly all-inclusive resorts in Crete ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities on the ...