Properties In Crete
	Crete, the largest island in Greece, separates the Aegean from the Libyan Sea. It marks the boundary between Europe and Africa.  Continue >
	Name & Ref #   Location   Sleeps   Amenities   Rating   Price   Add to Suitcase Villa Helena 14103 Giannoudi, Greece 2-3 $637 $1,057 Villa Artemis 14100 Giannoudi, Greece 2-4 $1,057 $1,477 Villa Athena 14101 Giannoudi, Greece 2-4 $1,057 $1,477 Villa Aphrodite 14102 Giannoudi, Greece 2-5 $1,267 $1,687 Villa Crete 1 4757 Réthimno, Greece 2-6 $1,995 $2,660 Villa Zeus 14077 Heraklion, Greece 5 $2,471 $4,270 Villa Poseidon 14075 Heraklion, Greece 6-9 $3,521 $5,782 Villa Crete 2 4758 Réthimno, Greece 7-9 $2,324 $3,171 1 Page
	Majestic mountains rise from its center, offering magnificent scenery. Crete is renowned for the variety of its vegetation and the wildlife in its chestnut, oak, and cypress forests. It boasts a diverse landscape of rocky cliffs, sand, pebble beaches, high mountains, and sparkling seas. Legend has it that Crete was the birthplace of Zeus and home of the Minotaur. The Minoans, Crete’s earliest inhabitants, were an extremely advanced civilization. Their palaces contained a plumbing system unmatched until Victorian times. The most important cities from the Minoan era are Festos and Knossos. Because of Crete’s proximity to Egypt and Asia Minor, the island’s culture and history were greatly influenced by different civilizations during the centuries. Crete boasts many important historic sites, including testaments of the Venetian domination, the resistance against the Turkish occupation, and the World War II.