Heraklion (Crete), Greece

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71 F / 22 C
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HERAKLION (CRETE), GREECE
Crete was home to the Minoans, Europe's earliest recorded civilization. Its capital, Heraklion, grew from the riches of t Venetian Empire, which ruled here for four centuries. Crete enjoyed a Renaissance building boom that helped bolster Heraklion as the region's most strongly fortified city. The island is blessed with generous beaches, soaring mountains, gorges and coursing rivers. It is also where the distinct mantinades-narrative couplets of love accompanied by Creta stringed instruments-could break out at any number of cafés as you sip Tsikoudia, a grape-based brandy distilled inRead more