Chania

Archaeological excavations unearthed significant finds at Aptera, Chania on the island of Crete.

Two small sized sculptures of about 0.54cm height were discovered, οne of Artemis is made of copper and the second of her brother Apollo was made of marble.

New research has revealed that more than 480 hotels in Crete, Macedonia, Chania and other places in Greece have been put up for sale in the past month, as Daily Mail reports citing local media.

According to the publication, some of the hotels are being sold for prices as low as €250,000 adding that this price is less than half the cost of a two-bedroom house in Fulham, London.

Visitors by Theodoros Papadoulakis, sponsored by the Bank of Chania, Crete, is a short film worth seeing. A couple of grandparents whose children and grandchildren have migrated – presumably as part of the brain drain to Greece – capture the spirit of Christmas as felt by most Greeks in 2015.

Athens Municipal Hall

White Tower, Thessaloniki

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos hailed on Sunday the vision and work of former Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos in a ceremony inaugurating a museum dedicated to the Cretan politician.

The building of the museum was the former residence of Eleftherios Venizelos which has been renovated, located at the suburb of Halepa, in the city of Chania, Crete.

Elafonisi is a place of an exceptional natural beauty with white sand beaches and shallow turquoise waters. It is located in the southwest end of the prefecture of Chania, Crete and is one of the favorite destinations of locals and tourists.

If you ever visit Crete, you should definitely visit Elafonisi and experience in person its unique beauty.

Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis voted at Chania polling station and said we must be determined to make fair compromises.

Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis will attend a series of meetings today in Thessaloniki where he arrived for his scheduled press conference at 3 pm today in the framework of the 80th Thessaloniki International Fair. Apart from the press conference, he will meet with Thessaloniki’s mayor Yannis Boutaris and students of American Farm School.

Locals from Chania, Crete joined hands with tourists to form a big circle dance at the port of the Old Town in Chania. For over 20 minutes young and old, Greeks and foreigners were dancing to the tune of the classic ‘Zorba’. The event was organized by a number of Cretan cultural groups to promote the city of Chania.

Business Insider could not help but include the exotic Balos Beach at Chania on the isle of Crete in its ultimate travel bucket list. All up, 35 relatively relatively unknown travel destinations were included.