Sweetwater (Glyka Nera) has no road. It is a long beach of small white pebbles under huge cliffs between Chora Sfakion and Loutro, with deep blue, very clear water. You arrive by boat or on foot. Its name comes from…
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…
Kissamos far west Chania is one of the most rewarding corners of the entire island, and most visitors only scratch the surface. They do Balos on a boat day trip, tick it off the list, and drive back east. What…
Aradena Gorge Chania is one of the most serious and least-visited hiking destinations in all of western Crete. It sits deep in Sfakia country, roughly 85 kilometres south of Chania city, carved into the limestone of the White Mountains above…
Avlaki Gorge Chania is one of the most rewarding short hikes you can do on the Akrotiri Peninsula, and almost no one knows it exists. That is not a marketing line. Most visitors to Chania spend their days on beaches…
Macherida is a tiny sandy cove on the west side of Akrotiri, just past Tersanas, about 25 minutes from Chania. A few metres of sand between two rocky headlands, deep blue and very clear water, and nothing else: no sunbeds,…