Crete’s culinary landscape is rich in sweet pastries, pies, cakes, and treats for the whole family. Children will appreciate syrup or honey-drenched cakes and cookies, chocolate desserts, spoon sweets, and even yogurt topped with seasonal fruit and honey every day. Ice cream is available everywhere
Crete’s culinary tradition makes the island an ideal destination for enjoying organic, locally sourced ingredients used with great care on cherished family recipes that influence even modern dishes served in tavernas and restaurants. You should not leave Crete without trying some of its signature
Known for the Cretan diet, which inspired the celebrated Mediterranean diet, Crete has a rich culinary tradition based on local seasonal ingredients and simple cooking techniques. However, they do tend to become more complex when baking phyllo pastry desserts like bougatsa, baklava, or galaktoboureko.
When in Crete, September is the month to enjoy freshly harvested grapes and a variety of dishes that feature the fruit of the month. The grape is versatile: you can enjoy it fresh, roasted, turned into a delectable spoon sweet, in salads, as a yogurt topping, etc. Then, you can squeeze the juice to drink
Whatever the reasons that brought you to Crete this summer, you will discover a carefree haven of natural wonder, matchless hospitality, heritage, and contemporary bliss when you stay at Fodele Beach & Water Park Holiday Resort. The all-inclusive heaven perched on the western slope of the Kastellos
Meat dishes are popular on the island, famous as the source of the Mediterranean Diet. Not every country in the Mediterranean region has a Mediterranean-style diet. Of all, Greece – more importantly, its largest island, Crete – is where you will find “the real” Mediterranean diet.
Whatever the reasons that brought you to Crete this summer, you will discover a carefree haven of natural wonder, matchless hospitality, heritage, and contemporary bliss when you stay at Fodele Beach & Water Park Holiday Resort. The all-inclusive heaven perched on the western slope of the Kastellos
Vasilópita (Βασιλόπιτα), Greece’s famed New Year’s treat, is, depending on the Greek region it originates from, either a sweet bread or cake, always with a “lucky coin” or trinket at its core. This tradition is rooted in a legend telling of St. Basil surprising poor
Cretans harvest grapes from the middle of August until the beginning of October – depending on the purpose the fruit will serve and their varietals. About forty different varieties of grapes grow on the island, including native species like Kotsifali, Vidiano, Thrapsathiri, Liatiko, and Mandilaria,
Greece is the cradle of the “kafeneio” culture, which is still a way of life all over the country. Yesteryear, a kafeneio was a place where common folk met to engage in political debates, gossip, chat, play tavli (backgammon), drink Greek coffee, ouzo or raki, or just hang out and talk about politics
