Rainclouds on the horizon at home, yet a sunlit alternative sits four hours away, with culture, comfort and calm. New figures ...

The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a must-see in Crete — and all of Greece, even — for its extensive collection of Minoan art. Highlights include a mini-statue of a Snake Goddess and the Phaistos ...

Short days loom at home, yet just a few hours’ flight away, afternoons still glow warm, calm and wonderfully unhurried. As ...

Organisers of the Heraklion 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games have launched a public online vote to choose a mascot. The names of Ariadne and Minotaur which are both familiar figures in Minoan culture ...

Writer Heidi Fuller-Love says that once she was past security, the aiport was just as bad, with hardly any seating and ‘festival-sized crowds’ in the duty-free shops Credit: Heidi Fuller-Love ...