Wednesday 13 May 2009

Save 22% on fine ancient Greek Jewelry designs

Almyrida beach hotel is happy to offer it's guests and friends a 22% discount on all purchases made from Greek Jewelry Shop! Simply enter the following discount code in their shopping cart ILOVECRETE22 (no spaces) and save 22% your order instantly!

Minoan jewelry is renown for its beauty and finess and a proud part of Cretan culture. Almyrida beach has secured that there is no minimum order limit or any other limitation from Greek Jewelry Shop so that it's friends and visitors can enjoy some of the best Cretan and Greek Jewelry designs that Greece has to offer! This offer is for a limited time only so please hurry to take advantage of this discount!

Tuesday 12 May 2009

Wedding ceremony services in Almyrida, Crete


Some say that Crete is a step away from paradise, others call it a dream-retreat. If Crete is the place where you would like the most memorable occasion of your lifetime to happen, then let us arrange it!
Planning your dream wedding at the Almyrida Beach resort will be as easy as 1,2,3!
Simply contact us via our website for more information or at info@almyridabeach.com

Day out at the archeological museum

Why not spend a day discovering the ancient treasures of Crete?

THE

ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
OF HANIA

(25 Chalidon Str., tel. +30 28210 90334)



About the museum: The museum is housed in an imposing building, the renovated Venetian church of Saint Francis.
It contains impressive finds from the excavations of the ancient city of Kydonia, from Idramia, Aptera, Polyrinia, Kissamos, Elyros, Irtakina, Syia, Lissos, Chania, Axos, and Lappas (the last two in the prefecture of Rethymno).
The exhibits, painted larnakes of the late minoan period, vases and implements from the geometric period, statues from the Hellenistic and Roman period, as well as an exquisite Roman mosaic floor, are all outstanding.




Clay pyxis depicting a man playing a lyre and flying birds. Late minoan III B period (1310- 1200 B.C.)
Outstanding example from a local workshop. Kalami, Chania.


Spherical flask
unusual ceramic type
Late Minoan III period.