Heraklion, the capital of the Greek island of Crete, is an ancient city that perhaps is under-appreciated for its many ...

History of the Festival Matala is a small town on Crete island that is famous for its hippie history. In the 1960s and 1970s, this area belonged to hippie travelers, who lived near the beachside and ...

Greece: Wildfire tears through southern Crete - forcing more than 1,500 to flee homes and hotels A Greek official says it is a "very difficult situation" as the wildfire sees clouds of ash fills ...

Firefighters battling Crete wildfire for a third day Thousands of tourists returning to their hotels Europe sweltering in early summer heatwave Twenty cities in Italy placed on heat red alert ...

Elsewhere in mainland Greece, a fire fanned by strong winds that erupted near the port town of Rafina, about 30km (18 miles) east of the capital, Athens, was brought under control on Thursday ...

Like the rest of Crete, Ierapetra—a seaside resort with a population of 23,000—takes in thousands of tourists in the summer. The risk of fires was "considerable" in July, the hottest month of ...

By Reuters | July 4, 2025, at 4:42 a.m. ... Reuters A destroyed car stands in the aftermath of a wildfire near Ierapetra, on the island of Crete, Greece, July 4, 2025. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis ...

Greece is sweltering in a heatwave that is searing much of southern Europe Firemen battle with a wildfire that broke out in Ierapetra at the southern Greek island of Crete, on July 3, 2025. AFP A ...

Firefighters battled a blaze Thursday on the island of Crete that scorched forests and olive groves and forced over 1,000 to evacuate, while a fresh conflagration near Athens threatened homes ...

Crete, Greece’s largest island, has an arid, uneven landscape criss-crossed by gullies, making it difficult for firefighters to tackle the blaze.

ATHENS (Reuters) -Gale force wind gusts complicated efforts on Friday to contain wildfires on Crete that have razed forests and olive groves and forced thousands of residents and tourists to ...