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Christmas Holiday Taste the Cretan Way: Roasted Chicken with Mashed Potatoes and Caramelised Onions

Gastronomy December 2, 2021 Creta Maris

The chef of Platia Restaurant, Sklavos Panagiotis, adds the cozy, traditional flair of a Mediterranean winter with Roasted Chicken with Mashed Potatoes and Caramelised Onions. Bring the Cretan tastes to your holiday table with this recipe. Follow the steps: INGREDIENTS Chicken 4 chicken fillets 200gr toasted breadcrumbs 10gr oregano 10gr thyme…

Food and Traditions of the Greek Orthodox Easter

Events & Activities, Gastronomy April 21, 2021 Creta Maris

Easter is the most momentous holiday for Greeks, surpassing even Christmas in gravity. It’s a big celebration accompanied by a long list of traditions and religious rituals. According to the Greek Orthodox tradition, the preparation for Easter starts about 40 days before the Holy week when nisteia, the religious fast, begins.…

Aposelemis Dam: Cradle of the Cretan Atlantis

Destination Crete March 16, 2021 Creta Maris

Built to satisfy the need of potable water for the northern part of Crete, Aposelemis Dam on the Aposelemis River caters to over 300 000 people in Heraklion, Hersonissos, and Agios Nikolaos, as well as rural communities in the area. Construction works at the dam ended in 2012. The dam…

The story of Erotokritos

Destination Crete, Events & Activities February 22, 2021 Creta Maris

Erotokritos is a timeless masterpiece of Cretan Renaissance literature of the 16th – 17th centuries. It survived through 4 turbulent centuries marked by conquests, revolutions, and historical upheavals, and remains cherished by the people of Crete nowadays. Erotokritos was composed in the early 17th century, in Venetian-occupied Crete, by Vincenzo…

Sea Daffodil: The Protected Sand Lily

Sustainability January 27, 2021 Creta Maris

White, delicate and charming, the sand lily that adorns the dunes of the Cretan beaches is a symbol of purity, everlasting beauty, and perseverance. Also known as sea daffodil, beach saffron, or lily of Knossos, the white sand lily (Pancratium maritimum) is a bulbous perennial, flowering from August to October…

Platia restaurant among the best restaurants in Greece

Gastronomy November 3, 2020 Creta Maris

A place to meet, to socialize, to celebrate, and to flirt: this is what a “platia” in every traditional Greek village or city is. Platia is the place where the settlement’s heart beats, a site of interaction, networking, and community building. Creta Maris Resort has its own Platia right in…

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