Traveling to Crete? Read more on the topic to prepare ... but also textiles and jewelry… To the east of Chania, the Akrotiri ...

Chania is in the far west of Crete, about 100 miles west of the island’s capital, Heraklion. Its bay is protected by a pair of peninsulas: Rodhopou to the west, Akrotiri to the east. The old ...

In sudden want of a drink, I catch a bus to Chania, Crete’s second city ... and head along a dirt track into the mountains of the Akrotiri Peninsula. The roadside is dotted with immaculately ...

Chania (also spelt Hania – as it is pronounced) is Crete’s second largest city, situated on the northwest coast of the captivating Greek island. Known to some as the ‘island of diversity ...

Well, sort of. That was a good start and Chania, connected to the rest of Crete by a new, largely empty motorway, is a great point from which to explore the less populous parts of the island.