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Firkas
On the northwest side of the harbor of Chania, the Venetians built the Revellino del Porto, a fortification sufficient to deter any hostile threat to the port. The construction began around the mid-16th century and completed a few years before the fall of the city to the Turks in 1645. The buildings of the west […]
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Chrysoskalitissa
Situated 76 kilometers far from Chania, at the southwest, Chrysoskalitissa is a small village with few permanent residents, a resort for locals and a few tourists. The most important sightseeing is the Monastery of “Panagia Chrysoskalitissa” which is still uncertain when it has been built. The old tradition of the Monastery says that one out […]
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Samaria Gorge
Samaria Gorge is one of the main sights of Crete. Every tourist who visits Crete will have heard of this beautiful gorge or soon will. The locals call it the “Farangas” or “Great Gorge”, both in admiration at its beauty and to differentiate it from the many other, smaller gorges of Crete. The Samaria Gorge […]
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Terezakis Nikos
Gkilota is nowdays an integral part of the formal Cretan traditional outfit. It has almost completely replaced the old famous vrakes which left to be seen in the most special occasions. In the West Crete, gkilotes is combined with gkileko, vrakes and jacket from the same fabric and shoes, tall boots up to knee. Colors […]
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Venizelos Tombs
In the Akrotiri peninsula and over the hill of Prophet Elias, are the Tombs of Venizelos. Eleftherios Venizelos had expressed a desire to serve this site the last resting place. Thus, in 1936 there was built a tomb. Later, in 1965 opposite the tomb of Eleftherios Venizelos, was erected and the grave of his son […]
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Sfakia
The province of Sfakia is one of the five provinces of Chania area of 468 sq. km and population of 2,162 residents. The capital of the provincial is Chora Sfakia. Is a coastal region bordering the Libyan Sea and has a small, beautiful port. In the province there is a thermal source (at community of […]
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Splantzia
Splantzia today Square 1821 was for the Turkish part of a collection as it was for Christians in Fountain. In the square stands the church of St. Nicholas. From the first projects of the Turks in Chania, after their victory in 1645, was the conversion of churches into mosques. The church of St. Nicholas, built […]
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War Museum
The War Museum is located at the intersection of I Sfakianakis and Tzanakakis adjacent to Municipal Park. The building was Italian barracks was built in 1870 designed by Italian architect Makouzo. The rare photographs and unique historical relics housed in the Museum, exhibiting the unique contribution of the Cretans Macedon (1903 – 1922) in the […]
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Market Square
The Market Square is located in the center of the city of Chania and accommodates the famous Public Market. The Municipal Market is on the verge of old and new city of Chania and started being built in 1908 over the remains of the bastion Piatta Forma. It is built in the shape of free […]
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Square of the Cathedral
The square of the cathedral of Trismartyris is a central town square where several events take place every year. The present Cathedral of the Virgin was built in place of an older temple of the Virgin, which dates from the 14th century.When Chania was occupied from the Turks in 1645, the church turned into soap […]