The best time to visit Chania depends on what you want from the trip. For swimming, hiking and walking the old town in comfort, aim for late May to June or September to mid-October. July and August give you the…
Ten days in Chania is enough to understand why people come once and then return every year. This is not just a beach destination. It is an old Venetian town with the White Mountains behind it, wild gorges to the…
Kissamos Chania is one of those places that quietly rewards the people who actually stop there. Most visitors speed through on their way to Balos or Falassarna, glance at the town square, and leave without a second thought. That is…
Loutro Chania sits on the southern coast of Crete with no road connecting it to anywhere. Not a quiet road or a rough track. No road at all. With no cars or roads leading into the village, the only way…
Georgioupolis, about 40 minutes east of Chania, is a former fishing village that has become a relaxed resort: a square shaded by eucalyptus trees, a river with pedal boats and terrapins, a white chapel on a rocky jetty, and a…
The Chania Venetian Harbour and its lighthouse are the most recognisable image in western Crete: a pale stone tower at the end of a long breakwater, the Old Town stacked in pastel colours behind it, and the White Mountains in…