Stavros Beach Chania is, without question, one of the most relaxed and genuinely family-friendly beaches on the entire Akrotiri Peninsula. A near-perfect circular lagoon, protected on three sides by a dramatic limestone headland. The water is shallow, clear and almost…
Tersanas Beach Chania is one of those places that most tourists drive straight past on their way to Stavros. That is their mistake. Tersanas is a small coastal village located 13km northeast of Chania, hidden in a small cove on…
Marathi Beach Chania is one of those places that locals keep quietly returning to, while the tourist crowds chase Elafonisi and Balos. It sits on the southeastern side of the Akrotiri Peninsula, inside Souda Bay, about 17 kilometres from Chania…
The Maritime Museum of Crete, Chania is one of the few places in the old town where you actually learn something you did not already know. It sits inside the Firkas Fortress at the western end of the Venetian harbour,…
Kedrodasos Beach Chania is one of the most genuinely untouched beaches left in western Crete. It sits just one kilometre east of the famous Elafonisi lagoon, yet most of the people who go to Elafonisi never make it here. That…
Chrissoskalitissa Monastery Chania sits on the far southwestern edge of Crete, perched on a rock face 35 metres above the Libyan Sea. Most visitors only notice it because it sits on the road to Elafonisi beach. That is a shame,…