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Greek history in a nutshell

Some four thousand years ago, the pyramids in Egypt stand proud, and Babylon in Iraq is mistress of a huge […]

The famously expensive Tyrian Purple, the purple-striped edges of a senatorial Roman toga and the phrase ‘Born to the Purple’ […]

Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos on Crete and Pasiphae his queen and mother of their children (a moon […]

Remnants of grape seeds have been found in vessels dating back to the Early Bronze age. Wine constitutes along with […]

Based on the Orphic Theogony, Dionysus is the son of Zeus and Persephone or Semeli.Both these goddesses are of the […]

The Grand celebrations of the Anthestiria, in Ancient Greece reached its climax for 3 days, after a long period of […]

In Crete the guardians of little Dionysus are Apollo him self and the Cretan young men Kourites(we have the word […]

Everything here speaks now, as it did centuries ago. Of illumination, of blinding joyous illumination. Light acquires a transcendental quality.. […]

Looking back into humam history one realises that, only five out of the 209 Egyptian pharaohs in the 3,000 years […]

Get to know the city of Rethymno, beyond the ruins and landmarks: take an orientation tour with your local licensed […]

DAY ONE – FRIDAY Breakfast served from 07:30 09:30 Departure from Hotel Porto Veneziano and by coach we set off for […]

Megalonisos,The Big Island Crete in the colloquial tongue and spacious and big it is. The brooding presence of its four […]

RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL RETHYMNO In the heart of summer, Rethymno hosts famous vocal ensembles from Europe and the world, as well […]

Wherever one might go in the Eastern Mediterranean, a handsome Adonis awaits: for he rejoices in many names in this […]

Arriving to Crete one’s heart beats to a new rhythm, one’s ears hear tonalities of a new tongue and with […]

Set in the Mediterranean sea is the mythical island of Crete, the cradle of European civilization. This island provided refuge […]

The world inherited after the passing of Alexander the Great in the 4th century B.C was a world changed. A […]