Friday, November 6, 2026
The latest news from around Crete: weather, travel, local life and island events, updated daily.
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West Crete's Tourism Observatory says foreign arrivals at Chania and Heraklion airports hit new records in 2026, led by growth among non-Scandinavian visitors.
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Eleftheria Lasthiotaki's "Threads of Memory" exhibition remains open at Anogeia's "Topos tou Voskou" mitata on October 31 and…
The Municipality of Viannos and the Region of Crete held the third Wine Festival in Embaros on November…
The Region of Crete has approved a €200,000 credit to design the grounds of the planned Archaeological Museum…
Giorgos Patroudakis's exhibition "Apocosmos" opens in Chania on November 8, showing photographs of the White Mountains' Sfakianes Madares…
The Municipality of Anogeia has acquired two defibrillators for the Zominthos and Idaio Andro archaeological sites and plans…
Six European rescue teams join Crete's "Talos 2026 – The Guardians of Crete" search and rescue exercise from…
Restaurants in Lasithi offered customers a different olive oil experience under a new Chamber of Commerce pilot program…
Greece's National Meteorological Service forecasts clouds and local rain across Crete on Thursday, October 29, with highs near…
Snow has appeared on the higher peaks of Crete's White Mountains, turning the summits white as autumn weather…
Crete's October 28 national anniversary commemorations are expected to take place amid rain and storms, according to Cretalive.
Heraklion marks the October 28, 1940 anniversary with a doxology, wreath-laying and a parade starting at noon, weather…
Meteo.gr forecasts heavy rain, storms, hail and winds up to 8 Beaufort affecting Crete from Monday through Wednesday.
Heraklion will be the only Greek city to hold a Hellenic Air Force celebration with a public aerial…
Twenty-one wineries across Crete will welcome visitors on Sunday, November 8, as part of global celebrations for World…
The 13th Wine Competition is scheduled for the Malevizi Monastery on Sunday, November 1, Cretalive reports.
The 14th Chania Film Festival opened with roughly 400 films from 53 countries and more than 30 premieres…
A military C-130 aircraft made an emergency landing at Heraklion airport on Thursday after reporting a technical problem,…
Decades of research, from the 1960s Seven Countries Study onward, continue to link the traditional Cretan diet to…
The five-star Robinson Club Ierapetra, owned by the TUI group, has received approval for amended environmental operating terms.
