Town of Chania

Chania, capital of the Prefecture of the same name, has a population of 60.000. It stands on a neck of a small promontory on the east side of Chania Bay.

The visitor’s first impression of the constantly growing modern city is a good one: this is a well planned town, with broad streets, parks and tasteful buildings.

This picture is supplemented by well preserved neo-Classical buildings, the covered market and whatever ha remained of the Venetian and Turkish periods of the history of Chania, and completed with flowers and green open spaces to be found everywhere in the centre and the suburbs.

Indeed, Chania has been called ‘the city of flowers’. Chania is a modern coastal city with a full range of tourist facilities. It has abundant hotels of all categories, together with boarding houses and hostels capable of accommodating a large number of visitors.

There are plenty of restaurants, taverns, fish taverns, ouzo bars, patisseries, cafes, bars, discos and night clubs where the local music can be enjoyed.

Cultural activities

Museums in Chania

Trips starting from Chania

Shorter routes

1. Chania – Chrysopigi Monastery – Mournies – Koukounara mansion

2. Chania – Therisos

Larger Routes

3. Chania – Platanias – Maleme – Tavronitis – Voukolies – Kantanos – Kakodiki – Palaiochora; return from Souyia via Rodovani – Temenia – Maralia – Epanochori – Ayia Eirini – Prases – Skines – Alikianos

4. Chania – Kolymbari – Kaloudiana – Kastelli Kissamou – Platanos – Falasarna – Chrysoskalitissa Monastery – Elafonisos; return via Elos and the Topolia gorge

5. Chania – Omalos plateau – Samaria Gorge – Ayia Roumeli – Chora Sfakion – Frangokastello – Vryses

6. Chania - Cape Kydonias – Profitis Ilias hill – Holy Trinity Monastery – Gouverneto Monastery – Lake Kourma – Rethymno

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