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CHANIA - CRETE - GREECE

Chania is the perfect combination of mountains and the sea.

It is one of the most beautiful cities of the island, and from the viewpoint of many, perhaps the most stylish. Moreover, Chania is a good starting point to explore other Crete sights, especially on the island's western part.

The Minoan settlement, originally known as Kydonia, Chania was ruled in turn by the Romans, the Byzantines, the Venetians, thed Genoese, the Turks and the Egyptians. After attaching to Greece in 1913, the island was invaded by the Germans in 1941 and the old city was destroyed. As an aside, Cretans do not like to be given the Greek identity. They simply consider themselves as Cretans. Moreover, they consider themselves different from the Greek people by their traditional clothes, their habits and the cuisine.
The city's troubled past is suggested by the strengthened Venetian fortifications that are still there today.

The town has developed around the port. In the north-west is the most interesting area, namely the old Venetian town where summer evenings are organized by traditional dances and theater plays.

Janissary Mosque, located on the other side of the outer harbor, was built along with the arrival of Turks in Crete, around 1645, and it is the oldest Ottoman building on the island. Walking away from the mosque tourists may discover the oldest part of the town, namely the Kastelli quarter, where they can see the ruins of the Kydonia, the Minoan Castle.

The city's streets are very picturesque. It is a pleasure to walk on these crazy cobblestone streets with old houses with wooden balconies, hundreds of years old, to walk through places that were once concuered by the Romans, the Venetians, the Genoese, the Turks and Egyptians alike .... streets that were given so many pages of history, many untold, unknown, unread.

Chania offers the best accommodation in Crete. The city is absolutely charming. From here you can get to Elafonissi in an hour, in 30 minutes you can get to the extreme western Crete, or in 20 minutes you can get to Rethymno. If you choose Crete as your holiday destination, Chania is an essential point in your itinerary, without which you don't understand much of Crete.

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Crete is much more than an island, it is a micro continent. There are few places in the world where you can find such a vast array of cultural influences within such a relatively small geographical area. The area is also blessed with an amazing variety of terrain which contributes both to the wealth of fresh local agricultural products available as well as the wide range of outdoor activities that can be enjoyed here.

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