Crete

Crete
Largest Island of Greece

Geography
• Crete is situated 160km south of Greece.
• Crete is just one of the 13 regions of Greece.
• It is the largest Greek island.


Climate
• Is in between two climate zones, The Mediterranean and North African.
• Snowfall is almost non existent.
• Temp. usually stays around the low 20’s and 30’s (Celsius).



Economy
• Mainly farming until 1970’s.
• 3 sectors of Cretan industry: agriculture, processing-packaging, services.
• The island has three significant airports, Nikos Kazantzakis at Heraklion, the military airport Daskalogiannis at Chania and a new public airport in Sitia.



Cities
• Crete's principal cities are:
• Heraklion (Iraklion or Candia) (137,711 inhabitants)
• Chania (Haniá) (53,373 inhabitants)
• Rethymno (31,687 inhabitants)
• Ierapetra (23,707 inhabitants)
• Agios Nikolaos (19,462 inhabitants)
• Sitia (14,338 inhabitants)

Tourism
• Most popular tourist destination in Greece.
• Visitors can arrive at the island through two international airports in Heraklion and Hania, or by boat to the ports of Heraklion, Hania, Rethimno and Agios Nikolaos.