Welcome to the July 05 newsletter from Cretan-homes. com.

This month has a cultural flare with a fabulous classical music festival being hosted here in Makrigialos and Etia. Contact us for more details.

We welcome photographer, Phil Bebbington and are delighted to have a new link to his web site, which has some fantastic pictures of Crete. (See below for an example of his work). Phil has a novel perspective of the people and country, which shows throughout his collection. Click here to see his gallery and order online.

Ann Lisney's column this month is about how walking the Samaria Gorge is not as easy as it seems, so look out for the pitfalls and communication  barriers!  Read her column 'Samaria Gorge' below.

This month Carol Palioudaki, gives us more snippets of information on what's happening in Crete in July. See below for details.

Once again more new properties have been added to our web site, especially in the business section of our web site, so look at the property pages for information. We have added some new pieces of land in Pilalimata and a few great new shop and restaurant opportunities both here and in Ierapetra.

A new development is underway in Makrigialos for twenty, two bedroomed houses surrounding a communal pool. Contact us for details of this exciting new investment option in the village.

We constantly update the web site, so keep checking in and as always, any information or comments are very much appreciated!

Latest Hot Properties

	KOUTSOURAS Great new building shell up for sale. Views to both the sea and mountains behind. More info
	MAKRIGIALOS Taverna and building for sale. This is a wonderful opportunity to buy a new business. A great position! More info
	PILALIMATA New plot of land up for sale in Pilalimata. 1000m2 for sale. Easy access. More info
What's happening in Crete Update on the airport in Sitia. It is now working with Condor flights to and from Munich. The new rumours are that there may be flights from the UK and Holland coming in this summer. Click here for our Sitia airport  domestic timetable. Crete Gazette reports that over 99% of the waters on the beaches in Crete, are of excellent quality. (According to an annual report issued by the European Commission on the quality of EU water.) New figures out, (according to research carried out by Thomson), show that apparently owning a property abroad is now a life ambition for over half the British population! A stunning figure, as apparently 55% want to buy a piece of the Meditteranean way of life. Even so, the main proportion of buyers still go to Spain and Portugal. Throughout July there are cultural programmes running in Heraklion and Hania and Rethymnon is hosting the Renaissance Festival. At each venue, music, cretan dancing, theatre, ballet and art exhibitions, take place in the main towns at various venues. Programmes are published by the local municipalities and available at tourist information offices. Rethymnon is also home to the Wine Festival this month which runs for three weeks in July. Held in the Municipal gardens it is not to be missed, according to Carol! Yakinthia's yearly cultural and music festival, in the village, Anogia, is running from the 27th June until the 4th of July. For more details look at the site  www.yakinthia.com As always, we look forward to seeing you all here in Makriyialos!   Other News Any suggestions or advise about our web site or newsletter is always happily received. E-mail us with your views. Moving or have moved to Crete and would be interested in writing a monthly column for us? Contact us with details of your column ideas. Looking for some advice? Why not post a message at our forum on http://www.cretan-homes.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl   Phil Bebbington  - photographer Click on the picture for more details.

Where we are advertising in July to September

'A PLACE IN THE SUN '

Cretan homes is currently advertising in the above areas, although we are constantly looking to improve our service.

We are also advertising heavily on the Internet, with banners on :-

• Interkriti
• Britsincrete
• Explorecrete
• Living in Crete
• Cretan-sales
• Toro Holidays'
• and others.

Our local radio advert runs four times a day, seven days a week.

Apartments for rent

This list is growing, so E-mail us for information or look at our rental page on the web. Want to stay in an apartment at the beach? Contact us for more details or click on the picture below.

Another fabulous set of apartments  is available for rental on the beach.This is a firm favourite with many and has the convenience of being on the beach and within a stones throw of tavernas and shops.

Details available or click on the picture below.

Monthly Column

Read a monthly column written by Ann Lisley, our resident journalist.

Read her lovely stories and insight to living in Crete. Click on the pictures below for this month's view of "Samaria Gorge "