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Kalyves
The graphic village of Kalives is found in distance of 19 kilometres of Easterly Chania. It is located exactly on the beach and has proxy 1.289 permanent residents. It is a beautiful village, with old stone houses that mix with the most recent manufactures and they shape two separate neighbourhoods with characteristic islander colours. The […]
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Morals and Customs
Chania is one from the most beautiful and graphic cities. In a lot of villages, parts and corners of prefecture is auspicious the fact that even today revive old customs that maintain live the popular Cretan delivery. A lot of feasts, festival, events and small daily occupations constitute the contact between to past and the […]
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Olivepress-Art Factory
The Non-Profit Cultural Organisation “Olivepress – Art Factory” was created in order to save from desolation and ruin the Old Olive Mill of Agricultural Cooperative at Zympragou in Hania, Crete. Its new aim is to accommodate on its premises various arts and cultural events, transforming it into a community centre and a place of memory […]
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Giali Tzamisi
Turkish Giali Tzamisi (or Tzami) dominates in the Venetian harbor of Chania and it is very difficult to miss the pane from your sight. It is an impressive size square building, with big cupola that has been supported by four arcs. On to building you will observe six small domes, although from the pane is […]
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Georgioupoli
Situated 37 kilometers far from Chania, at the Southeast, Georghioupolis is a tourist resort, fully developed, with 515 permanent residents. The village is found at an area full of trees and all green, by the mouth of the river Almyros. Just at this point it is located the small port of the village, hosting the […]
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Vyzantine Museum
The Byzantine Museum is housed in space that was the church of the monastery of the Franciscan, San Salvatore, founded in the 15th century. Collects excavations of Byzantine and post Byzantine years, from the excavations in the entire prefecture of Chania and collections and private donations covering the period from the early Christian era until […]
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Vrisses
Thirty kilometers far from Chania at the southeast, just two kilometers off the National Highway to Rethymno , we can find Vrisses, a beautiful village with 850 permanent residents, built in a valley full of trees, luxuriant vegetation and running waters. It is worth visiting the area, as the nearby typically Cretan small villages, usually […]
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Gavdos Island
Gavdos is a beautiful island at the South of Crete with less than 100 permanent residents, 22 nautical miles far from Chora Sfakion and 31 nautical miles far from Palaeochora. Its extent is 37 square kilometers. It has six settlements, Sarakiniko, Karave and Korfos by the sea, at the east, Kastri at the inland, almost […]
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Vamos
Situated 25 kilometers far from Chania, at the southeast, Vamos is a small inland village with approximately 665 permanent residents. Vamos is a historic village, known for the very often revolts against the Ottoman dominants. It used to be a strategic place due to the great location it has and there for many battles had […]
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Archeological Museum (new)
The brand new Archeological museum is finally open. More than 3,500 objects make up the exhibition of the impressive new Archaeological Museum of Chania, which opened in April 2022. The Museum has an area of 6,000 square meters and is a reference point for the city of Chania which acquires a very high quality cultural […]