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Chania, Crete,
Greece |
 The
most poetic city of Crete when you walk through it
leaves you with a pleasant taste of beauty. Built on the
ruins of ancient Kidonia it has seen and survived many
invaders, but has also tasted civilizations that left
their marks on building faces, castles, walls,
antiquities, monasteries and churches.
The city has two entrances:
the airport of Akrotiri, and the port of Souda (the
largest in the Mediterranean). The public market holds a
master place in the center of the city, a brilliant
cross-shaped building that was completed in 1913, and in
proportion with the one in Marseilles.
Near the city center the
Public Garden awaits you next to the "Peace and
Friendship of the people" park. The gardens are the
prettiest in Crete, and also the public garden offers a
small zoo with animals from Cretan fauna.
The Venetian port
picturesque any time and season is attractive to
visitors and locals, for it's beauty and for it's
choices of entertainment for all tastes and demands. The
old city "intramural" districts preserve their Venetian
nobility. Narrow paved alleys are surrounded with
tasteful renewed houses, from various ages, are offered
for a pleasant walk. Many neoclassic houses are also
saved in districts which "neighbor" with the city of
Chania, like Halepa.
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