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Chania (City): Go to Chania!!!
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    • Jawnuta
  • Updated By Jawnuta on October 12, 2008
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    Chania
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    Chania is probably the most touristy place on Crete, but don't get discouraged. You must go and see Chania.
    1. You have to see the old Cross Market (Municipal Market of Chania)
    2. You have to see Chanias harbour and various museums on the eastern end of it.
    3. You have to have nice coffee in one of the touristy harbour cafes.
    4. You have to let yourself get lost in Chanias narrow streets.
    5. If you are still in CHania after sunset you have to go far East fallowing the coast to what I call "NEW CHANIA" it is place where all young Greek go to hang out at night. It is a SOHO of Chania, it is a place to show your designed clothes and your expensive shoes. It is a place to drink, smoke, and mingle.

    Look at all my Chania tips on my Chania page!!!!

  • Directions: North-West Crete
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    Chania (City): Chania, Venetian Old Town
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    • steventilly
  • Updated By steventilly on June 2, 2004
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    Chania, Venetian Old Town
    by steventilly
    Looking down one of the streets of the old town, this street led down to the seafront and was lined with shops, cafes and galleries, and as I said before, almost all with rooms to rent. It's nice just to wander around these streets and get a little lost. Even those with just houses and no shops etc. are lovely to look at too, and in this early part of the season it was so tranquil. I imagine it is a lot more busy and bustling later in the year.

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    Chania (City): Chania, Venetian Old Town
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    • steventilly
  • Updated By steventilly on June 2, 2004
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    Chania, Venetian Old Town
    by steventilly
    The old town at Chania is lovely - the best bit of the city for me. It's a maze of narrow streets full of pretty painted buildings in lovely pastel colours. Almost every building, whether it is a shop, a cafe, a gallery or whatever seems to have rooms to rent. Their shutters and windows are flung open so you can peek inside to see the rooms. They mostly looked lovely. If you go here in the early season (before middle of May) you should easily find a good room at a good price.

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    Chania (City): Hania
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    • Jmill42
  • Updated By Jmill42 on March 11, 2004
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    • From Hania's Beach, outside of the old harbour - Crete Island
    From Hania's Beach, outside of
    the old harbour
    by Jmill42
    Hania may be Crete's second biggest city, but it is by far the best. You will see it spelled Chania, Hania, and Xania, so don't be confused, they are talking about the same place. This city was the capital of Crete until 1971, when that designation was moved to Iraklion.

    Chania can really be seperated into two individual towns: the old port with its mediaeval quarters and surrounding wall, and the new suburbs spreading around the old port. The old town, with its
    magnificent harbour, displays its Venetian and Turkish influences in its architecture. On a leisurely stroll through the winding streets, you are bound to notice the differences that each period brought. Along the harbor front you will find every type of food, including the local seafood, which should be your first choice. There are numerous bars, cafes and shops in this area, as well. There is a market just 20 meters from the waterfront. With all of these great attributes, Hania has a certain charm to it that the other cities in Crete, and in the rest of Greece, simply do not have.

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    Chania (City): Chania, Venetian Shipyards
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  • Updated By steventilly on June 2, 2004
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    Chania, Venetian Shipyards
    by steventilly
    Chania has some old Venetian shipyards - the ships used to be brought in under the arches here to be repaired and maintained, but the arches are now walled up to act like warehouses. It's still very pretty but I liked the (very similar) ones in Iraklion even more.

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    Chania (City): Chania, Venetian Harbour
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  • Updated By steventilly on June 2, 2004
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    Chania, Venetian Harbour
    by steventilly
    There's a Venetian Harbour here similar to that at Rethymnon (in fact the two cities are similar in a few ways). It is lined with nice cafes and tavernas fronted by pushy waiters who try to drag you in, though they at least do not block your path like in Rethymnon. The tavernas are in pretty painted buildings and hotels rise up behind them. At various points there are sidestreets up into the heart of the old town.

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    Chania (City): Chania, Mosque Of The Janissaries
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  • Updated By steventilly on June 3, 2004
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    Chania, Mosque Of The
    Janissaries
    by steventilly
    This is the oldest Turkish building on Crete dating from the same year that the Turks captured Crete from the Venetians (1645). It's very pretty from the outside but we couldn't see into it - apparently it is sometimes used for exhibitions and so on.

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    Chania (City): A DAY IN HANIA
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    • Sininen
  • By Sininen on March 25, 2006
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    On the last day we took a taxi to Hania to do some shopping. We went to the indoor market, which was quite nice. I bought different spices for my daughters there. Then we walked to the suburb called Venice and it was very nice with lots of different restaurants there. We went to the Naval Museum, which was very interesting. There were lots of models of different ships and also lots of different sea shells. I'm interested in everything connected with the sea, so I found this museum a very nice one. If my son hadn't been there with me, I could have spent more time there and admire everything longer. Joni was getting nervous as he had some money left and he wanted to go to the shops. No problem with that. He found everything he wanted and my sister and and her aprtner bought something also. We visited a small zoo, too, and had a picnic lunch there before returning to Kalives. I wasn't very impressed with Hania, which I thought was quite an ugly place and far too busy for me. Back in Kalives we had dinner and afterwards walked in the village and found a small shop that sold handicrafts. We went in and looked at some really nice tableclothes. I ended up buying one and my sister bought two. They are very pretty and of good handmade quality. I have wanted that kind of a tablecloth for a longer time, but haven't found anything that I like before Crete.

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    Chania (City): Chania, Cathedral
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  • Updated By steventilly on June 1, 2004
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    Chania Cathedral
    by steventilly
    The Cathedral stands in a small square on the street running down from the city wall to the harbour. From the outside it's uninspiring but we know from experience that most Cretian churches have really spectacular insides. I couldn't say for this one though, it was closed at the time we passed.

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    Chania (City): Chania, Market
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  • Updated By steventilly on June 1, 2004
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    Chania Market
    by steventilly
    The indoor market at Chania is pretty huge. It's in the form of a cross and the four arms of it are crammed with stalls and units selling all manner of foodstuffs. Some of the meat stalls looked pretty disgusting to us veggies - the animals are barely processed in the way they are at home and you are certainly in no doubt abiut what aminal you are buying a part of!

  • Directions: Just outside the city wall on the southern side of the city.
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