This south Chania guide covers the region that most tourists never find. They land in Chania, drive west to Elafonisi, maybe east to Balos, and go home thinking they have seen Crete. They have not. South of the White Mountains…
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…
The Chania Venetian Harbor and Lighthouse is the most recognizable image in all of western Crete. One photograph of that pale tower at the end of the breakwater, the old town stacked behind it and the White Mountains rising in…
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…
Balos Beach Chania is the image that sold half of northern Europe on booking a holiday in Crete. You have seen the photograph a hundred times before you ever arrive: a wide, shallow lagoon, water somewhere between turquoise and white,…
Elafonisi beach Chania is the most famous beach in Crete, and probably one of the most talked-about beaches in the entire Mediterranean. That reputation is well earned. But before you drive two hours through the mountains and arrive at midday…