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Traveling Europe eBookEuropean Cruises from $549 on Orbitz! The picture for this month’s wallpaper is from Italy from the town of Oia on the island of Santorini in Greece. Regular width (1600 [...]

This month on the Amateur Traveler facebook fan page I am having a photo contest with the theme “Shadows”. This picture “In the Shadow of the Cross Ralph Velasco On Travel Photography: [...]

Chania is a beautiful city on the island of Crete in Greece whose tourism brochure undoubtedly uses terms like “sun-drenched”. It may be cliché but it is also true. We visited Chania [...]

On the edge of the old town in Chania on the island of Crete is a large indoor market (or Agora) which is popular with locals and fun for tourists, especially photographers. [...]

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Ralph Velasco On Travel Photography: 101 Tips eBookHow to Teach English Overseas This former mosque which sits on the harbor in Chania testifies to the Muslim influence on the island during its [...]

Online photo gallery for pros – smugmugSpecial Deals from Rail Europe The Venetians left Chania on the island of Crete some time ago but they left a beautiful harbor in this picturesque [...]

One thing that the recent video episode of the Amateur Traveler, Travel to Chania, Crete (Greece), did not show was this nearby cemetery to the British and Anzacs soldiers who died on [...]