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Crete Golf Club

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:55:44 +0000

Golfing in Crete? Sure. Apart all other sports in the Greek island, there has been added a great Golf course, often described as “The new Bob Hunt masterpiece“, which is a 40 min drive away from the airport of Heraklion.

An amazing course with challenging holes which will be interesting both to experienced and amateur golfers. What is also stunning, is the view of the spot. Enjoy the magnificent view of the surrounding mountainous landscape as you play…

Crete’s Golf Club provides excellent services. You can choose hiring high quality clubs and/or being transferred around the course, with a special vehicle.

Visit the official website of the Golf Club of Crete, by clicking here or visit http://www.crete-golf.com/.

Info about Heraklion

admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:34:19 +0000

Heraklion is the biggest city of Crete and the most populated as well. It has over 115.000 citizen and it is the city with the most ferry arrivals, especially in the summer “high” season. It also has an airport which connects Crete with Athens, the rest of Greece and the rest of the world. About 23km northwestern of the city you will find the beach of Agia Pelagia, one of the northest spots of the island. Only 3 km eastern you will see the famous city of New Alikarnassos, and another 15km heading further to the east, Kato Gouves or Foinix is located. Foinix is a small town with a beautiful beach which provides the peace a visitro needs during vacations. Last but not least, just 5km southern of Heraklion, the famous archaeological area of Knossos is located. Knossos needs no introduction… It is a top archaeological destination of Greece. See the palace of Knossos and visit the local museum, all a few minutes away from Heraklion. You can reach easily all these destinations by a bike or car which you can rent in many places around Heraklion. One of the most friendly and trusty rental companies in Heraklion is Car Hire Crete.

Kserotigana

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:06:26 +0000

Ingredients

1 glass of orange juice
3 soup spoons of extra virgin oil
4 soup spoons of water
3 cups of flour
salt
light frying oil

for the syrup

1 cup of sugar
1 cup of water
1cup of honey

for the sprinkle

sesame
cinnamon
walnut melt in thick pieces

Preparation

Put the flour into a basin and make a hole in the middle. Put the juice, the oil, the water and the salt in the hole and make an elastic dough. Then leave it for two hours.
Split it in two pieces and open them to thin puff pastries upon a floury surface. Cut them into thin ribbons with a round tool.
Put the oil inside a frying pan until it burns.
Sink a fork in the oil and wrap a pastry ribbon around it until it looks like a snail. Do the same for all the ribbons and put them into the pan.
Raise down the cooker a little bit and turn the ribbons around after a while so they can be fried in both sides.
When they get browned take them out and place them on a absorptive towel.
Boil the syrup and when it gets ready, place a little of it on the kserotigana. Then you can powder them with the sesame, cinnamon and walnut.

Bon apetit!