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Hiona Holiday ?otel is is a warm place of hospitality that seeks to offer a comfortable stay. It is located in the easternmost part of Crete, in Palekastro, an area rich in history and culture. It is very close to the Palm Forest of Vai and the beaches of Chiona and Kouremenos, which is known as the beach of surfers. Read less

IDEA training, with over 30 years of presence in the field of Training, is an innovative and inclusive Training and Consulting organization based in Thessaloniki. With an emphasis on innovative teaching methods, IDEA executives implement every year a multitude of training programs and studies for the development of human resources and employability of unemployed and private sector workers. Over the past two years, IDEA has implemented a wide range of Vocational Education and Training Programs using modern and asynchronous teaching methods for more than 15,000 trainees. Read less

The Institute of Technology and Research was founded in 1983 and is one of the largest and most well- organized research centers in the country, with international recognition and highly skilled staff. It is supervised by the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation of the Ministry of Development and Investment. It is based in Heraklion and consists of 8 Research Institutes. among them is the Institute of Informatics. The Institute of Informatics conducts basic and applied research and plays a leading role in the development of the Information Society at national and international level. Its main features are its research excellence, interdisciplinary approach and the constant effort to transfer research results and technologies that it develops in industry and society.

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Experience the Authentic Crete

Get ready to pedal your way to paradise with Joyride.bike Crete. 
Discover the hidden gems of Crete as you ride off the beaten path, immersing yourself in its rich culture and breathtaking landscapes. 

From thrilling mountain biking excursions to personalized cycling itineraries, from exhilarating daily tours to immersive multiday adventures, we offer something for every adventurer. 
Whether you're seeking for an adrenaline-pumping adventure or a leisurely ride through scenic routes, join us for a fascinating and authentic experience, where the road less traveled leads to moments of pure joy, the joy to ride! Where every ride is a celebration of freedom and discovery.

With decades of cycling experience and a passion for exploration, we're your trusted partners in uncovering the wonders of the stunning island of Crete.

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Katalagari Luxury Suites is located 17 km away from Heraklion, in the homonymous village, and started operating in 2003. It is built on a mountain and offers a view of the Cretan countryside. It consists of 14 suites that combine tradition with a different aspect of Cretan life and offers breakfast tailored to the needs of guests (vegetarian, gluten-free, etc.). The location of the accommodation allows the visitor to carry out activities of various kinds: visits to wineries, archeological sites, nature, the sea etc. Read less

KTEL HERAKLIO - LASITHI S.A. is the largest transport organization in Crete and one of the largest in Greece. With over 200 modern buses of all sizes, it carries out hundreds of routes every day connecting the largest cities of Crete with all its settlements, as well as mainland Greece within a context of combined transport. Its goal is the safe and fast transport of people and parcels to as many destinations as possible in Crete, in Greece, but also abroad.

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“Maggiri” the homemade traditional pasta workshop, faithful to tradition, was created to offer you pure and high-quality pasta, without preservatives and colouring impurities, kneaded with brandfresh eggs , goat’s and sheep’s milk from local producers

“maggiri” was the name of  an old Cretan pasta which was cooked in a very specific way: Half of it was boiled the other half fried and then altogether stirred in the broth of the first half. It was served like thick soup with lots of cheese on top.

Our goal is for products with high nutritional value and for this reason, our pasta dry out many hours at low temperature and thus their nutrients cannot be altered

An attempt to pass down to new generational the traditional pasta of our land and to awaken tasteful memories to the olders.

Alongside the traditional flavor such as noodles,wholewheat noodles, swivels, orzo, chylopitaki, frumenty, fusilli pasta and xinochodros, we evolved into more specialized tastes such as noodles with the ink of the cuttlefish, noodles with locust beans flour, fusilli pasta with turmeric, fusilli with basil and garlic, fusilli with dikkoko wheat,  fusilli with basil and garlic, fusilli with vegetables,fusilli with ricotta,vegetables orzo, whoelewheat orzo and traditional swivels with cretan herbal extract.

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The Management Unit of Samaria National Park and the Protected Areas of Western Crete, is a Legal Entity Under Private Law, which reports to the Ministry of Environment and Energy and is responsible for the administration and management of the Natura 2000 areas of Western Crete. These areas, apart from their self- evident value as environmental landmarks of Crete and Greece, are also fields of anthropogenic activities, with emphasis on tourism. The Unit seeks the participation and implementation of actions of local, regional and national character, aiming at the sustainable development and management of these areas. Read less

MCBS offers specialized, adaptive digital solutions and services for travel, leisure, entertainment and tourism industry with a design-thinking approach. 

Its applications and platforms include culture and venue management solutions, port terminal cruise operations, passenger flow management, ferry ticketing management, conversational interfaces, traveller recommendation systems.

Our target is to empower operations with data-driven intelligence, streamlined operational agility, AI-driven interfacing  and decision-support to achieve high customer  -visitor or traveler- experience, cost efficiency and alignment to sustainable practices. With Insight and Innovation, MCBS team and partners' network upload technology inventions to its solutions, from AI to fintech and cloud-edge computing towards the emerging multi-partner digital ecosystems of the future. 

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Milia is an accommodation of high ecological sensitivity, a mountain restored settlement of the 16th century with rooms that preserve the architecture and aesthetics of the mountainous region of Western Crete. It is located in an area included in the NATURA network, in a green valley, at 550m. above the surface of the sea, below the peak Psilos head of the Koutroulis mountain range. The settlement is surrounded by a forest with chestnuts, arbutuses, locust trees and a wide variety of trees and plants. The restoration of the old houses began in 1982, with attention to detail and respect of nature and has been operating as an eco-lodge since 1993, bringing the atmosphere and footprint of its former inhabitants to the present. Read less