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Myrtia: Crete’s Kazantzakis Village in the Vineyards

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Myrtia: Crete's Kazantzakis Village in the Vineyards

Myrtia is a village south of Heraklion, set among the vineyards of the Peza wine region on the island of Crete. Travellers know it above all as the ancestral home of Nikos Kazantzakis, the writer of Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation. A modern literary museum on the shaded village square keeps his manuscripts, … Read more

Crete Wineries: Cretan Wine and Tastings

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Crete Wineries: Cretan Wine and Tastings

Crete is Greece’s largest wine-producing island, and its vineyards carry a tradition that reaches back to Minoan times. The hills south of Heraklion hold estates that press indigenous grapes grown nowhere else, from crisp white Vidiano and Vilana to deep red Kotsifali and Liatiko. Visitors can tour cellars, taste flights and learn how each variety … Read more