Tourist information -
Chania
Chania is a city of unique beauty, filled with
an abundance of fragrant flowers, and boasting a rich cultural heritage.
In a tradition of hospitality, we welcome you to our website. Ancient
and modern monuments, the Venician Habrour and the Old Town, colourful
neighbourhoods, a traditional lifestyle and the friendly inhabitants
warmly invite you on a step by step journey to become acquainted
with the city, promising you unforgettable moments.
The most poetic city of Crete when you walk through
it leaves you with a pleasant taste of beauty. Built on the ruins
of ancient Kidonia it has seen and survived many invaders, but has
also tasted civilizations that left their marks on building faces,
castles, walls, antiquities, monasteries and churches.
The city has two entrances: the airport of Akrotiri,
and the port of Souda (the largest in the Mediterranean). The public
market holds a master place in the center of the city, a brilliant
cross-shaped building that was completed in 1913, and in proportion
with the one in Marseilles.
Near the city center the Public Garden awaits you
next to the "Peace and Friendship of the people" park.
The gardens are the prettiest in Crete, and also the public garden
offers a small zoo with animals from Cretan fauna.
The Venetian port picturesque any time and season is attractive
to visitors and locals, for it's beauty and for it's choices of
entertainment for all tastes and demands. The old city "intramural"
districts preserve their Venetian nobility. Narrow paved alleys
are surrounded with tasteful renewed houses, from various ages,
are offered for a pleasant walk. Many neoclassic houses are also
saved in districts which "neighbor" with the city of Chania,
like Halepa.
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