Crete tourist guide

Traveling through the mountainous regions of Crete you can come across villages that seem to be completely abandoned by people. When staying in such places, it is impossible not to feel the nostalgic peace that emanates from them. Undisturbed silence is interspersed with only the sounds of nature. It is easy to hear the whisper of the wind wandering among the Cretan mountains or the singing of wild birds. Sometimes the bells of sheep and goats, which are the only living creatures moving among the remains of local houses and farm buildings, also break the silence.

What are your choices when choosing a vacation spot? What is important, what features must it have?
Are you looking for a bustling place with tourist infrastructure or are you looking for more isolated Cretan villages far from everything?

Today we have news for you, which is slightly different from Crete, but is still closely related to Greece. Kuba Korczak, whom you can associate, among others, with culinary demonstrations at the Greek Panorama or with activities related to the promotion of Greek cuisine, asked us to provide information about his latest culinary expedition to the island of Poros. It is a trip, the date of which falls from April 26 to May 4, that is, during the Greek Easter. If you dream about a trip to Greece during a Polish picnic, it's worth getting acquainted with this offer.

Despite the fact that the Ambas waterfall has already been hosted on the pages of our site, we are happy to provide you with another film from this region of Crete. We do it all the more willingly that it shows the spring face of the island. The lush greenery that grows on the Asterousia Mountains gives them a completely different look compared to what this Crete region looks like at the peak of the holiday season.

Probably a large part of our readers associates the Omalos plateau . In particular, it applies to those people who managed to pass the Samaria Gorge during their summer breaks. Probably, however, not many of you, and indeed the indigenous inhabitants of Crete, know that there is another plateau bearing the same name on the island. The second Omalos bearing additionally according to the size of the name of Mały, is in the massif of the Dikte mountains. This is a unique place that is rarely the destination of tourist trips. The only regular guests visiting this plateau are the shepherds and animals grazed by them.

Every spring, from a melting snow, a small lake is formed on this plateau. In the film above you can see how exceptionally abundant this year's rain and snow caused that this year it is particularly large. The peace and silence prevailing on the Omalos plateau makes this place very much visited by wild birds.

Yesterday, in Greece and Crete, the last carnival parades took place, while today is known as " pure Monday " ( Καθαρή Δευτέρα ) or the Monday of Lent. It is a mobile holiday and in Greece it is celebrated on the Monday of the seventh week preceding the Orthodox Easter. This year it falls today - March 11. Usually, this day is also treated as a sign symbolizing the beginning of the spring season. This holiday is a day off from work in Greece and Cyprus.

120-kilo lagana baked by bakers from Vrysses in Crete

Today in Greece, the last carnival games are under way, and the post starts tomorrow. The first day of fasting is called Clean Monday and one of the most characteristic symbols of this day is bread called lagana (λαγάνα). Although many housewives still prepare this bread themselves, the vast majority of Greeks buy lagana at local bakeries, which start the production of this bread the evening before Pure Monday. In larger cities, the sale begins even at night and nobody is surprised by the gigantic queues, which in the morning set themselves under the best bakeries.

If you would like to try your hand at preparing the laganas, we can recommend you our repeatedly proven recipe, which you can find after clicking the following picture or the More button.

Today in Crete, the last day of the carnival. Street parades and games are organized in many places. The largest of them will take place in Rethymno this evening, the organizers expect that it will take 15 thousand participants. participants. The video we provide is from the opening parade and gives only a small taste of what will happen in the evening. And tomorrow is already Monday, or the beginning of fasting.