Festivals & Links

Annual Festivals in Crete  

25th March	Independence Day
Cretan Easter (Easter Sunday is 8 April in 2007)	Orthodox Good Friday and Easter; candle-lit prosession and midnight service
1st May	'Flower Day'; Spring Festival
21-24th May	Anniversary of the Battle of Crete
24th June	Nativity of St. John the Baptist
15th August	Assumption Day: major relgious festivals in Meskla (15 km from Megala Chorafia)
29th August	Festival of St John the Baptist, Stilos (6 km from Megala Chorafia)
13-14th September	Festival of St Stavros, Megala Chorafia
7th October	Festival of St John of Gouverneto, Monastery of Gouverneto(17 km from Megala Chorafia

LINKS

Living in Crete. For information you will need for; moving to Crete, living and working in Crete, retiring to Crete,  Ex-pats in Crete, accommodation, buying and renting property, cost, employment, finding a job, IKA,  schools, importing a car, red tape, learning Greek...... go to: www.livingincrete.net/

The Archaeological Museum of Chania is housed in the katholikon of the Venetian monastery of St. Francis. During the period of the Turkish occupation it was the Muslim mosque of Yussuf Pasha, while in modern times it was used as a cinema or a storehouse for military equipment. Since 1963 it has been functioning as the cities Archaeological Museum. Apart from the permanent exhibition, the museum houses temporary exhibitions as well as music concerts. www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21125m/e211ym02.html

The independent Greek interest publication Greek-o-file: www.greekofile.co.uk 

Pure Crete is a member of The Association of Independent Tour Operators (AiTO). We can recommend the following links to fellow AiTO members websites:

www.agolfingexperience.com   Tailor-made holidays in Northern Europe

www.onfootholidays.co.uk  Walk with your friends in lesser-know Europe (currently not members of AITO)

www.andantetravels.co.uk  Holildays in the Ancient World

www.winetours.co.uk    Escorted world-wide wine tours

www.casas.co.uk    The specialist in green Spain, for self catering holidays

www.carisma.co.uk   Mobile homes on superb sandy beeches

www.bellefrance.co.uk  Cycling and walking holidays in France

www.naturalist.co.uk    Nature tours

www.tryholidays.com  Quality villas, apartments, fincas & hotels

These are some of the best and most useful general Crete websites: