Samaria Gorge: The Complete Local Guide
Samaria Gorge is the biggest day out in western Crete, and the one your friends will ask about when you get home. It is one of the longest gorges in Europe: 16 kilometres from the White Mountains down to the…
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The Archaeological Museum Chania: A Complete Local Guide
The Archaeological Museum Chania is one of the most important and most undervisited things to do in the city. Most tourists spend their time in the Old Town, walk the harbour, eat well, then leave. The museum does not get…
Sfakia Day Trip: The Complete Local Guide from Chania
A Sfakia day trip is one of the most rewarding things you can do from Chania, and it is also one of the most underestimated. Most tourists hear about Balos or Elafonisi and go there. Sfakia is different. It sits…
Seitan Limania Beach Chania: The Complete Local Guide
Seitan Limania beach Chania is one of the most dramatic places in Crete: a narrow, fjord-like cove cut into white limestone cliffs on the Akrotiri Peninsula, with water an almost electric shade of turquoise. The name means “Satan’s Harbour”, and…
Stivania Cretan Boots: The Traditional Footwear Worth Bringing Home from Chania
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…
Chania on a Budget: How to See the Best of Western Crete Without Spending a Fortune
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…