Feta, a Greek staple cheese, isn't produced or popular on Crete. Instead, look for graviera, a hard cheese (similar to Swiss gruyere) aged in caves in the White Mountains. The soft, ricotta-like ...

Sitting between Asia, Africa and Europe, Crete is located around 200 miles south of mainland Greece. With an area ... Surrounded on all sides by towering mountains and smooth sandy beaches ...

ATHENS, Greece -- Severe storms battered islands in Greece for a second day Tuesday, with Crete experiencing the heaviest rainfall. Authorities on Paros and Mykonos, meanwhile, worked to clear ...

Unsettled weather in eastern mainland and Aegean, with showers and occasional thunderstorms extending to the rest of the mainland by the afternoon. Stronger storms are likely in the Cyclades, Crete, ...

Better still, as Greece's southernmost isle ... Holidays in Crete don't have to be all about the beach. In Western Crete's White Mountains, this small-scale, off-grid retreat is as far removed ...

Holidays in Crete don't have to be all about the beach. In Western Crete's White Mountains, this small-scale, off-grid retreat is as far removed as you'll get from a gargantuan all-inclusive.