An island to the south of mainland Greece that'
s full of superlatives: beautiful women; interesting costumes; one of the few areas of Greece where the dialects have "ch" and "sh" sounds,unlike pure
Greek; and last but not least, very busy-for-the-
feet folk dances like Pentozali and Maleviziotikos. Crete is the home of the unusual Minoan civilization, with its
red building columns and frequent depictiona of minotaurs and dolphins.