Crete tourist guide

Samaria is the most frequently visited gorge in Crete and one of the key trips offered by travel agencies. Last season, this unique park was visited by nearly 170,000 people. tourists. This year, even though Samaria has been closed twice for long periods of time, it still manages to maintain an upward trend in the number of visitors.

Yesterday, an information meeting "Islands - attractive destinations in the Mediterranean" was held in the Chania region, on the sidelines of which interesting information was given. Deputy Regional Governor for Tourism, Kyriakos Kotsoglou, confirmed that the number of short-term Airbnb rentals in Chania is growing rapidly and has already far exceeded the number of beds available in the regional unit's hotels.

The Kotsifou Gorge can be included in the list of the most interesting places located in the southern part of Rethymno Prefecture. A narrow road winds here between steep rocks, and the small chapel of St. adds additional charm. Nicholas built directly into a rock niche. One of the main access roads to Plakias also runs through Kotsifou.

After a rather unsatisfactory beginning of the tourist season, its end is assessed much better. August was very good, and the number of foreign tourist arrivals to popular destinations in Greece planned for September is higher than that recorded last year.

Everyone was shocked by the death of 36-year-old Antonis Kargiot , a resident of Crete, who was pushed into the sea by sailors of the Blue Horizon ferry on Tuesday evening. No one even tried to help him, and the ship pushed away from the shore as if nothing had happened and set off on a cruise. After this incident, numerous protests took place in Greece. The inhabitants of Crete were filled with anger, and the Internet was flooded with bitter comments. Everyone wonders how such a situation could have happened and why the sailors committed such a cruel act. Due to the great response from you, we are providing further information after the publication of this article.

An almost unbelievable event took place yesterday in the port of Piraeus. A 36-year-old resident of Agios Nikolaos in Crete wanted to board the Blue Horizon ferry belonging to Attica Group, whose destination was the port of Heraklion. Unfortunately, when he was already at the ship's gate, several members of the ship's crew began to push the man, preventing him from boarding. After a short struggle which took place between the Cretan and the sailors, he was pushed by them from the gate at the moment when the ship began to leave the shore. The man lost his balance, fell into the water and drowned in front of the eyes of passengers on board other ships that were in the port at the time. Despite the fact that the victim tried to stay on the surface of the water for a while, fighting the waves all the time, none of the perpetrators even made an attempt to fish the man out of the water. The ship just slowly moved away from the shore closing the gate as if nothing had happened, and in the meantime the resident of Agios Nikolaos drowned.

Today we finally have some good news for you regarding the reopening of the Samaria Gorge. According to information provided today in local portals, it will be possible to enter Samaria again from tomorrow, that is from Thursday, August 24.

Probably many people are waiting for the announcement regarding the opening of the Samaria Gorge. Unfortunately, however, we do not have good news. The Organization for the Environment and Climate Change announced today that Samaria National Park will remain closed until Friday, August 18 inclusive.