Sitia

The palm tree forest and beach of Vai in Sitia, Crete, is a unique landscape which is part of  Sitia Nature Park recognized by Unesco as a monument of National and World Heritage.

Greek olive oil producers are nursing high expectations this season as the exceptionally bad year in Italy resulting from the destruction of crops by bad weather and the olive fruit fly, as well as the very low output in Spain, have opened the way for Greek produce.

A 51-year-old German national who was reported missing on Monday night from her holiday home in Siteia on the eastern coast of Crete, was found dead on Tuesday.

According to the state-run Athens-Macedonia News Agency, relatives alerted police after the unnamed 51-year-old left a note suggesting disappointment with life before walking out of the holiday home.