Marathi is where Chania families go when the north wind is blowing. Two small sandy coves on either side of a fishing pier, inside Souda Bay, facing south towards the White Mountains. Because of where it sits, the water stays…
A Sfakia day trip is one of the most rewarding things you can do from Chania, and it is also one of the most underestimated. Most tourists hear about Balos or Elafonisi and go there. Sfakia is different. It sits…
Balos Beach Chania is the image that sold half of northern Europe on a holiday in Crete: a wide, shallow lagoon somewhere between turquoise and white, a pale sandbar running out to a rocky islet, and cliffs dropping into the…
Five days is the sweet spot for Chania. It is long enough to walk Samaria Gorge, spend proper days at Elafonisi or Falassarna and Balos, and still have time for the Old Town, without feeling rushed. Three days feels too…