Almyrida Beach in Chania is the kind of place that regular visitors to Crete return to year after year, quietly, without telling too many people. It is the most well-known coastal resort in the Apokoronas peninsula, built inside a small…
Kalyves Chania is a quiet, family-friendly seaside village in the Apokoronas region of northwest Crete, sitting on the southern shore of Souda Bay, about 21 kilometres east of Chania. Most visitors arrive expecting a beach stop and leave having found…
The Chania port ferry connection to Athens is one of the most useful and underused travel options for visitors coming to western Crete. Most tourists fly in. But if you are coming from Athens, bringing a car, or planning to…
Solo travel in Chania is, by most measures, one of the easier decisions you can make as a first-time or experienced solo traveller. The city is walkable, genuinely safe, welcoming to outsiders, and small enough that you can learn it…
Chania with kids is not just doable. It is genuinely one of the best family holiday choices in the Mediterranean. This is a city that does not overwhelm. The old harbour is walkable, the sea starts shallow, the tavernas are…
The question of how many days in Chania is one I hear from visitors constantly. And there is no single right answer. It depends entirely on what you want from a holiday. City sightseeing, long beach days, serious hiking, village…