The attraction of so many visitors from all over the world is not accidental, as Chania combines incredible natural beauty with rich history and an important cultural tradition with excellent tourist infrastructure.

Chania is the capital of the prefecture of Chania and is located in northwestern Crete. It has an area of about 11 square kilometers and a population of 53,910 inhabitants (2011 census) in the city (the second largest city in Crete after Heraklion), 108,642 inhabitants in the Municipality of Chania and 156,585 inhabitants in the prefecture of Chania.

Main sights of Chania: the entire Old Town and the Venetian Harbor, the Naval Museum, the Archaeological Museum, the Eleftherios Venizelos house, the Venizelos tombs, the War Museum and many other monuments of Byzantine, Venetian, Ottoman and modern times Period.

The climate in the region is mild Mediterranean with normal temperatures throughout the year.

The prefecture of Chania has excellent beaches that will satisfy all visitors. The beaches can be categorized into three categories depending on the place that they are located. The northern beaches are generally more crowded, more elevated, with warmer waters and most of them are caught by the meltemia. Southern beaches, on the contrary, are generally more deserted, deepen more abruptly and their waters are colder. Finally, the western beaches are among the best in Greece and their morphology resembles the northern ones.

Among the top beaches are: Elafonisi, Balos, Falassarna, Holy Apostles Beach, Kalives.

In Chania, there are traditional Cretan nightclubs, with musicians playing lyre and lute or violin many times. There are plenty of cafes and bars, as well as clubs where harmonious music and jazz, pop and Greek music harmoniously coexist.

All in all, Chania is a great choice for the travelers offering excellent beaches and amazing nightlife. It also has many cultural places to visit such as the Old Town, that really astonishing.

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• Decide which place you want to visit and how many days are you going to stay.
• Make sure you have your passport ready!
• Book your tickets early. It is very likely to find good offers.
• Find the right accommodation for you. The most difficult part in organizing a trip, is where will be the location of your accommodation. Pick a place either near the Underground or the Bus Lines. Prefer more central places.
• Check the currency of the Country you will visit. If they don’t use the same currency as you, you must do currency.
• Download 2 maps. The first will be the map of the town and the second the map of the local transportation.
• Find the Sightseeing. Note the hours, the days of operation, the price of the ticket and the location.
• Decide how you want to move around city. Will it be the Underground? The bus? The taxi?
• Book your tickets for the museums, the archaeological places, etc, online. In many sightseeing, the queue you have to wait is huge! Buy yourself that time and enter before the others.
• Locate beautiful neighborhoods and places of great interest. Some places worth a visit but they are not in the mainstream tourist walk plans.
• Use Trip Advisor and related websites, to find local restaurants, coffee houses, etc. The tourist’s opinion counts!
• Make a rough plan. Write down the days that you are going to stay and what do you want to visit. By doing that, you will be sure that you visited everything you wanted.
• Prepare your luggage. If you are traveling by airplane, make sure you meet the airport’s restrictions.

Have a nice trip!!

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