Apokoronas is the green region east of Chania, between Souda Bay and Georgioupolis, from the sea up to the foot of the White Mountains. Most people pass through on the national road to Rethymno without stopping. They miss traditional villages…
Gavalochori is a protected traditional village in the green hills of Apokoronas, about 30 minutes from Chania: stone houses several centuries old, a dozen churches, a few kafeneia and a small, excellent folklore museum. It is also the village of…
Douliana is a tiny, protected traditional village in Apokoronas, between Vamos and Kalyves, that most people drive past. Stone lanes, two 19th-century churches, a kafeneio, and all around, old olive groves with dry-stone walls and views to Souda Bay and…
Vrisses (“springs”) is the village where the road south to Sfakia leaves the national road, about 35 minutes from Chania. It is not a postcard village; it grew up around two old inns about a century ago. But its square…
Almyrida is a small seaside resort on the east side of Souda Bay, about 30 minutes from Chania. It has two sandy coves with shallow, calm water, a rocky islet you can swim to, and a line of tavernas on…
Kalyves is a real village by the sea, not a purpose-built resort: shops, cafés, tavernas and local families all year round, 20–25 minutes east of Chania on Souda Bay. A small river, the Kyliaris, divides it in two, with the…