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…
Falassarna Beach Chania is one of the great beaches of the Mediterranean, and not in the way that phrase gets used about every sandy strip in Greece. It is three kilometres of pale sand and blue-green water facing due west…
Elafonisi beach Chania is the most famous beach in Crete: a shallow, turquoise lagoon you can wade across to a small islet of dunes, cedars and quiet coves. It deserves the reputation. It also gets thousands of visitors a day…
Stivania, the traditional Cretan boots, are one of the few souvenirs from Chania you will actually use at home. Not a fridge magnet, not a bottle that leaks in your suitcase, but a pair of handmade leather boots built to…
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…
Chania on a budget is more doable than most travel sites suggest. Summer prices have climbed in recent years, but the best of the place is still free or cheap: the Old Town, the harbour walk at sunset, most of…