Businesses

Neurolingo is an innovative software company specializing in the knowledge and research intensive field of Natural Language Processing (NLP). It is staffed by a team of experienced computer engineers, statistical experts, linguists. They focus on solving business problems in natural language data management, knowledge extraction, sentiment analysis, semantic indexing, data quality control, statistical processing, dialog systems (chatbots). Its core product is Mnemosyne, a natural language processing platform with computational linguistics and modern machine learning natural language processing technologies. Mnemosyne has been used in various projects in Greece (such as public administration, postal services, banking applications, sports, tourism). Read less

Oikologikos Kosmos SA (trade name "Greekferries Club") is an incoming travel agency, founded in 1995 and headquartered in Heraklion, Crete. The company specializes in online ferry bookings and ticket issuance through the websites greekferries.gr, ferries-booking.com, greece-ferries.com & ferries-greece.com and cooperates with more than 40 ferry companies operating on both domestic and international lines. Amongst others, the company has created the affiliate marketing program Greece-Unlimited.com offering cooperations to travel professionals as well as individual travel bloggers, and the customer reward program Bonuspermile.gr with over 330.000 members to date. The company's goal is to combine continuous technological advancement and enrichment of its travel services along with quick, precise and customer-friendly support. Read less

“Oliving” is about a project, offers olive oil outdoor experience for small private groups. For most of us the olive tree and olive oil is connected with ancient Greek myths, biblical history, the Olympic games and Mediterranean Diet. For us, olive oil is a unique experience that captures all senses. 

"Oliving" olive oil tasting, takes place beside ancient olive trees, in a field uninterrupted by human presence for centuries, just 8km from Rethymno city. 

The experience includes an all around visit of history and taste of olive oil in Crete, from Minoan to our days. Tasting, learning, recognizing the aromas, perfumes tastes of the stories that exist in different olive oils one not only tastes the juice of an ancient life form but also the geography of the area of where the tree is.

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Perachori Boutique Studios is a complex of three (3) open type rooms - studios located in the square in Perachori, in the historic village of Anogia Mylopotamos. Stone and wood are dominant materials, with handmade additions to give a special and warm feeling to the visitor. Its location allows the visitor to get in touch with the wider area of ??the mountain range of Psiloritis and to interact with the local community. Read less

The hospitable family hotel Polydoros is in the heart of Paleochora, south Of Chania. It has 7 apartments which can accommodate up to 5 people and is ideal for family vacations, offering comfortable accommodation and relaxation. The place where it is located offers guests the opportunity to explore the nearby beaches and enjoy the Cretan landscape through walks and excursions in nature. In the courtyard of the hotel there is a wine bar which offers wines exclusively from local Cretan varieties, thus promoting local production. Read less

In Sisarcha, a small village at the foothills of Psiloritis, near Anogeia, within the Milopotamos’s vicinity, this old stone-built coffee house, which was built stone-by-stone and established by my grandfather Andreas Aerakis (a.k.a. Ninandreas) and my grandmother Eleni Kouvidi, was the nascence of our family, our life and our record career…
Stelios Aerakis, the eldest son of my grandfather, was raised with the principles of the genuine traditional music of Anogeia and generally of Crete. As far as Cretan music and record industry are concerned, he played the laouto and he cooperated with Nikos Xylouris, Psarantonis, Vasilis Skoulas and many other significant Cretan grand masters of the 20th century. In 1974, he established the first record store in Heraklion, while, at the same time, he was the exclusive authorized representative of Columbia Music Records in Crete. In 1976, he created the “Aerakis-Cretan Music Company” record company which evolved into the “Aerakis-Cretan Musical Workshop” record company, sealing the whole record evolution of Cretan music with the quality and the innovation of that time. Stelios Aerakis along with Michalis Aerakis’s cooperation, who is his brother and my father as well, forged their own path and they created, beyond doubt, a bright name in the field of Cretan music publication and production.
Eventually, deploying his experience and knowledge, Michalis Aerakis created the highly recognized “Seistron Music Editions” in 2001, combining different discrete elements, old and new, words and notes, music and books. He did his part in building the glorious castle of our tradition. Consequently, in my turn, I picked up the torch passed to me from my family, and I started taking steps little by little into the field of music record industry, in the hope of elevating it to new heights.
Preserving this precious cultural heritage of this field since 2009, I decided to give life back to my grandfather’s coffee house and name it “Rural Record Store”, in order to unite all the experiences I gained as a child and as a teenager, as well as to marry the sensations of the traditional coffee house with the music productions which we have in our track record since 1975. Furthermore, this will be the place where our work will be exhibited and various record and book presentations will be hosted. Also, our guests and visitors will have the opportunity to become familiar with the Cretan music and hospitality through our vivid tradition and the flavors of the seasonal local viands, so that the real core of Cretan lifestyle will be revealed to them.     
Future is something from the past.
 

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The "Social Cooperative Enterprise of Collective and Social Benefit of Anogia" with the distinctive title "N-IDEA Cooperation", is based in Anogia, Rethymno and was founded in November 2017. The company was established by 7 members from the area of Anogia and its main purpose is the collective and social benefit and the sustainable development. The activities aim, among others, at the production of products and the provision of services related to culture, environment, ecology, education, with services of public benefit, the promotion of local products, the preservation of traditional activities - professions, the protection of common goods, the protection and restoration of the natural environment, biodiversity and geodiversity, the strengthening of locally supported agriculture or livestock, the process of reducing waste production at local level, the production and promotion of independent cultural creation and finally, real estate management with social and environmental criteria. "N-IDEA Cooperation" includes infrastructures such as: the Shepherd's House (theme park), a Music Study Area (material digitalization for artists) and the Archeological Information Center (exhibition of data and information from the excavation of Idaion Antro and Zominthos).

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"Follow me to feed the chickens at Soulouksina's", the grandmother used to say.

"But who is Soulouksina, grandma?".

And thus, the story begins... 

With our bikes, we follow the footsteps of a young woman and a shepherd who lived a century ago in this beautiful village of Pediada valley. Through unknown stories, we travel back in time and learn the wise agricultural and social practices the old Cretans used while living in harmony with the environment. We meet the kind and smiling villagers, wander through picturesque alleys and enjoy authentic daily routines. During our afternoon Soulouksina route we visit old churches, a monastery and nearby villages calming body and mind amid uphills and downhills of the Cretan landscape. We end up in a traditional “kafeneio” where we all together prepare a light meal before sunset. Our route covers approximately 27 kilometers in the heart of the Pediada province and is easy for cyclists of all levels, thanks to the professional equipment provided with the specialized Como electric bike.

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Thalori is located in the village of Kapetaniana, in the mountain range of the Asterousia Mountains, and consists of 20 traditional houses that are an integral part of the village, preserve the Cretan architecture and offer modern comforts to visitors. The restaurant offers dishes and breakfast from Cretan cuisine, from pure, local, ingredients. The visitor can also enjoy a range of activities, as he is given the opportunity to choose between hiking, climbing, bird watching, horseback riding, mountain biking, downhill, canyoning, jeep rides, boat rides, fishing, participation in agricultural work, cooking lessons. Read less

Built with our own hands, this traditional stone-built Shepherd Shelter (Mitato) is located at 848m at a slope of the renowned Psiloritis mount. In this welcoming Shepherd Shelter, we are ready to share with you our passion for the distinct Cretan traditions and lifestyle. The visit to the Shepherd’s Shelter offers a life-time experience to every visitor. Depending on the season, you have the unique opportunity to view the sheep milking, join the cheese-making, experience the sheep-shearing or participate in the fiesta of raki distillation. Join us in herbs collection and traditional cooking and indulge yourself with the local delicacies and wine we offer. Want to have more stunning pictures from your holiday in Crete and memorable experiences to talk about? Visit us in the Shepherd’s Shelter and live like a Cretan for one day!

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