Not too many first-time visitors of Crete realize that the island is the birthplace of several celebrities on the world stage. Of course, the island’s most famous native was philosopher and writer Nikos Kazantzakis, author of Zorba the Greek and the Last Temptation of Christ. Then there’s Greece’s most globally renowned singer, Nana Mouskouri, who was born in Chania. Also, Domenikos Theotokopoulos, better known as “El Greco,” just so happens was born right up the road from our resort at the village of Fodele, in 1541.