Frangokastello Chania is one of those places on Crete that you do not stumble across by accident. It is a deliberate destination. A Venetian fortress sitting directly on a flat coastal plain, the White Mountains rising hard behind it, the…
The Akrotiri Peninsula Chania sits right outside your door if you are staying in the city, and most visitors miss most of it. They drive through it on the way to the airport and see nothing. Or they go once…
Macherida beach Chania sits on the Akrotiri peninsula, just 14 kilometres northeast of the city centre. Most people drive past the turnoff without even knowing it exists. That is entirely the point. This is a small, unorganised cove with no…
Kalathas Beach Chania is the beach that the people of Chania actually use. Not a secret. Not undiscovered. But when locals want a proper sandy beach within 20 minutes of the city, this is where they come. The water is…
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…