Six years ago this week (on 29 January 2001) http://www.CreteTravel.com the Guide to Crete went live on the internet.

I remember working on it non-stop the last few days before the launch – with the culmination of a 24 hour stint the day before… to launch at 9 am on the morning of the 29th.
What satisfaction and joy! To share with you all the discoveries, the tastes and thrills of Crete.
A sunny January day it was, so after catching up with some sleep, grilled fish at a beachfront taverna it had to be (it never tasted better) !

We included in the features a free “Ask a Question” service.
This gave us tremendous opportunity to find out what information visitors to Crete were looking for and “hone” our skills of providing helpful, informative, concise replies – and gleaning/understanding what people were really after in their questions.
We have answered since over 2500 questions – the mind races to think of it.

The praise we received from the visitors to our site gave us renewed energy to continue offering even more advice and help – and the need to take it to the next level:
Helping them practically, by providing them with reservation services for the small hotels that we had uncovered for them.

In the same year we launched http://www.Crete-Hotels-Rooms.com, receiving great thanks and feedback from our guests who had come from all areas of the world.
Being able to offer hotels we had “discovered” and visited, photographed and described with our own freshly-inspired words – was a reward in itself.

All this was followed by steady growth and our absolute adherence to honesty in describing the hotels we had found – and truth, accuracy and clarity in talking with our guests and appraising how best to satisfy their travel dreams and wishes.

“Many hotels later”, with the same philosophy, we launched http://www.SuperbGreece.com which will soon celebrate its own second anniversary, to offer small beautiful hotels and inns we discover one by one in other magical areas of Greece.

The adventure for us continues.

The pleasure for our guests – we will make sure – only increases.

Getting to Greece is great – or it will be later this spring

You will be able to fly from Philadelphia to Athens with US airways and
from New York (Newark) to Athens with Continental airlines from the spring this year

We will be pleased to see you arrive in Greece with greater ease and convenience.

Olympic Airlines get a couple of cheers – Now you can fly from Sitia to Heraklion and return. A medium sized, modern, 37 Seat DH8 now plies this route with flights from Sitia also to Rodos (Rhodes), Karpathos and Kasos.

There are also occasional (not daily) flights to Athens and Alexandroupoli.

So have a look at the hotels in the east of Crete and see where you could be enjoying and dreaming, during a break from the rest of life…fly into Sitia and off you go!

Flights schedules will be updated to include these by 23 January or earlier on the great resource for flights to Crete at http://www.CreteTravel.com/flights

Wading through deep water is hard work. Paddling and dipping toes into the frothy edge of an azure sea is a delight!

Likewise, to be offered treats on a platter is vastly preferable to steaming in the Kitchen!

Just so, just so…with travel.

Now CreteTravel.com have added some 15 new gems to their selection of the most beautiful places to stay in Crete and increased the choices for your sheer delight in Athens http://www.superbgreece.com/Athens/hotels.htm – add to this the legendary service, knowledge and real down home help in choosing the perfect vacation haven – well this is gift wrapped travel!

After romantic moments? Magic moments rolling along one after the other, the flickering candlelight, the twee village, the view where that kiss lasted longer and is remembered for eternity? Then try tasting romance at http://www.crete-hotels-rooms.com/Reservations/Romantic/index.htm

First day of Crete’s new year adds to the idea that Greece is a sunny country.

The crisp cool morning, the first “elliniko” coffee at a Kafeneio – served with Vasilopita (the traditional Christmas and New Year cake), was tasy and welcome after a long walk past blossoming orange trees, clear quiet air and the sheen of white icing atop the White Mountains of Crete.

Happy new year – with 15 new beautiful small hotels, inns and villas added to the hand-picked wondrous selection offered for the discerning and demanding who will visit the largest Greek island this year at http://www.crete-hotels-rooms.com/Reservations/New_this_season/index.htm or start from Athens on the way to your next visit to Crete http://www.superbgreece.com/Athens/hotels.htm

2007 – it already rolls off the tongue well and seems most welcome.
Good wishes and stride forward in the months ahead !