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March Festivals
Independence Day: held every year on 25th March, military processions take place across the island to mark Greece’s fight for independence against Turkey.
Independence Day: held every year on 25th March, military processions take place across the island to mark Greece’s fight for independence against Turkey.
March/April Festivals
Easter: this is the most important religious festival with locals traditionally feasting on roast goat washed down with plenty of local wine. In some villages effigies of Judas Iscariot are burned.
Easter: this is the most important religious festival with locals traditionally feasting on roast goat washed down with plenty of local wine. In some villages effigies of Judas Iscariot are burned.
July Festivals
Wine Festival: every July the Municipal Garden of Rethymno offers samples of Cretan and international wines to wine lovers.
Wine Festival: every July the Municipal Garden of Rethymno offers samples of Cretan and international wines to wine lovers.
July/August/September Festivals
The Heraklion Festival: this is one of the biggest annual events on Crete with a good programme of live music from some of the country’s top musicians, as well as a range of theatre and arts performances. Held throughout July, August and September.
The Heraklion Festival: this is one of the biggest annual events on Crete with a good programme of live music from some of the country’s top musicians, as well as a range of theatre and arts performances. Held throughout July, August and September.
Sultana Festival: every August the town of Sitia celebrates the region’s sultana production with various festivities including traditional Cretan dance and lots of eating local cuisine and drinking.
November Festivals
Arkadiou: this rather more sombre event held in November marks the 1866 incident which saw a group of Cretans blow themselves up at the Arkadiou Monastery rather than be captured by the Turks.
Arkadiou: this rather more sombre event held in November marks the 1866 incident which saw a group of Cretans blow themselves up at the Arkadiou Monastery rather than be captured by the Turks.