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The best place for family vacation
Get to know our village
Three decades ago Almyrida was a fishing village and a weekend retreat for people visiting from Chania and the surrounding areas. Over the past fifteen years Almyrida has slowly grown into a resort with an expanding number of accommodation facilities and other tourism services. Despite this change, Almyrida has remained popular with Cretans and many still use it for their weekend breaks. Still Almyrida has managed to maintain a laid back, friendly atmosphere.
The area has been just developed the last ten years, in a way that the traditional characteristics which attracts the most demanding guests, remained unspoilt. Holidays in Almyrida are popular with families, couples and nature lovers. Almyrida holidays are slowly becoming more established with travel agencies, but Almyrida still remains relatively quiet and the atmosphere is still mid key than many of the more well known resorts in Crete.
Crete, Our Island
History of the Island
Some of the early influences upon the development of Cretan culture arise from the Cyclades and from Egypt; cultural records are written in the undeciphered script known as “Linear A”. The archaeological record of Crete includes superb palaces, houses, roads…
Tradition & Heritage
In spite the fact that the large, urban centres of the Crete inevitably lead the pace of a modern, technocratic and cosmopolitan way of life, they still preserve those elements which constitute the cultural physiognomy of Cretan folk traditions.
Cretan Music
The earliest documented music on Crete comes from Ancient Greece. Cretan music like most traditional Greek began as product of ancient, Byzantine, western and eastern inspirations. The lyra is the dominant folk instrument
Mountaints & Gorges
The geological upheavals which created basins and plateaux also formed a large number of impressive caves, many of which were used for religious purposes during antiquity.
Cretan Diet
The traditional diet was widespread in the island until the 1960s, when with improving living standards, alimentary patterns changed towards more meat and other animal-derived produce.
Archeological Sites
Crete is a land endowed with a rich historical heritage which spans more than nine millennia since its fertile, secure, and strategically placed land mass has been inhabited since the7th millennium BC.
