by John Flawith | Jun 2, 2019 | Blog, Things to do, Walks
Thru the hills to the chapel There are so many lovely walks in the Apokoronas, in the foothills of the White Mountains in western Crete. They follow dry stream beds winding thru gorges, or amongst the orange groves. Everywhere in Crete is dotted with a...
by John Flawith | May 24, 2019 | Blog, Planning
Under wraps… There’s a new hotel opening just outside Chania the Casa Cook. We were staying last week at an old family run hotel on the hill above, overlooking the new site where 102 (or 106 depending on which part of their website you look at!) rooms are...
by John Flawith | Apr 29, 2019 | Blog, Drives, Food & Drink, Things to do
The village, nestling in the hills What’s to see on the drive from Panokosmos This drive from Panokosmos goes to the Creta Carob factory, the old village of Argiroupoli, the ancient tombs of Lappa and the taverna serving fresh trout farmed from rock pools formed by...
by John Flawith | Apr 29, 2019 | Blog, Drives, Food & Drink, Things to do
The village, nestling in the hills What’s to see on the drive This drive from the villa goes to the Creta Carob factory, the old village of Argiroupoli, the ancient tombs of Lappa and the taverna serving fresh trout farmed from rock pools formed by the stream. ...
by John Flawith | Mar 8, 2018 | Blog, Food & Drink
We always look forward to the wine fair in Chania. If you think of Greek wines, this may conjure up carefree student backpacking holidays, dreadful hangovers. That white wine with the curious reminder of pine disinfectant. But Greek and Cretan...
by John Flawith | Nov 19, 2017 | Blog, Food & Drink
At Panokosmos we serve fruit with every breakfast, usually the “Panokosmos fruit platter”. Over the years these have become a bit of a trademark of ours. In Crete we get wonderful fruit, changing with the seasons. Fruit in season There...
