Category: Chania

Palaiochora is a seaside town and is located on the southwest coast of Crete and at a distance of 70 km from Chania and 200 km from Heraklion. It is built on a peninsula between two picturesque bays. It is washed by the Libyan Sea and is rightly considered the "Nymph of the Libyan Sea" [...]

White Mountains’ National Park is the only national park in Crete. It centres around the Samaria gorge, at an altitude of 1,200m and continues down to Agia Roumeli, on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding slopes and a number of smaller gorges branching off from it, Samaria Gorge forms the whole [...]

Balos is surely the mostly photographed beach in Crete, a very favorite subject of all tourist guides for Greece. It is no coincidence that Prince Charles and Princess Diana visited Balos on their private yacht many years ago. The lagoon of Balos has white sand and exotic white, vivid blue, and turquoise waters. The sea [...]

Chania (also spelled Hania) is the capital city, a place where different civilizations have flourished throughout the centuries. Strolling around the Old Town’s maze-like alleys with the beautiful Venetian mansions, the fountains and the churches will guide you through well-preserved historical monuments. The city of Chania is built on the area of Minoan Kidonia, at [...]