The ship opened its creaky steel doors and lowered the gangplank. We stepped out into warm, ankle-deep seawater. In small groups, we splashed our way across to Balos Beach. The beach is a narrow strip ...

CRETE is a land of citrus groves, vines, sandy beaches, spectacular mountains, picturesque fishing harbours, fascinating history and, just as important, warm hospitality. This is a rare opportunity to ...

MOSCOW, June 16. /TASS/. Delegations of national (local) Orthodox Churches gather on the Isle of Crete on Thursday to attend the Holy and Great all-Orthodox Council that opens later on the same day.

The challenge: Find a reasonably priced European hiking vacation for the first week of April. That was the task at hand when my husband, Walter, and I started planning an inn-to-inn adventure with ...

You know all of those sun-soaked, sprawling-sea images you see of Greece on social media? A lot of them are peak “Instagram vs. Reality.” That’s where your pal visiting Santorini has artfully cropped ...