Why Crete?
Crete is unique.
It captivates your senses, all of them.
It captivates your soul, with its magic.
It makes you want to come back, because of its hospitality.
If you are on this page, I assume that you have been through the above already: the magic of Crete has caught up with you and you are considering moving a step further, making the island your home.
Well, I know this feeling, because this is exactly how I arrived on Crete.
Crete is full of beauty and variety, the many beautiful beaches, the mountainous inner island, or vast agricultural areas where the Cretans grow a rich variety of produce like olives, wine, vegetables (potatoes, tomatoes, and zucchinis), and fruits (bananas, oranges, and mandarins).
The Cretans are proud islanders and display their pride in their culture and island whenever possible, through their food, their music, or their celebrations. This is all very captivating and powerful.
Not to forget the people of Crete: they welcome travelers with an open door and an open heart.
I want to invite you to start your journey to Crete and make the selection process of your new home already part of the journey.
Homer’s Odyssey
“There is a land called Crete, in the midst of the wine-dark sea, a fair, rich land, begirt with water, and therein are many men, past counting, and ninety cities. They have not all the same speech, but their tongues are mixed. There dwell Achaeans, there great-hearted native Cretans, there Cydonians, and Dorians of waving plumes, and goodly Pelasgians. Among their cities is the great city Cnosus, where Minos reigned when nine years old, he that held converse with great Zeus, and was father of my father, great-hearted Deucalion.”
Homer’s Odyssey (Ὀδύσσεια) 19.148, 7th or 8th century BCE