Chania - the main city of the same name in the western part of Crete . Just in this area where the climate is soft and favorable, the first people settled on the island of Crete, this is what the numerous excavations say . And in the place of the city of Chania there was an ancient Kidonia . Chania always played a significant role in the life of Greece, not only in cultural, but also in economic, and in political . At least two facts speak about it . First, not far from Chania is the seaport of the Court, One of the largest in Europe, which makes Chania the most important transport the site of Greece . Secondly, near the city is the largest military base of NATO in Europe, because of which Chania has a serious strategic importance . It should be noted that for tourists proximity to the city of the military base does not bear any problems .
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The old town of Chania is enclosed within the almost destroyed Venetian walls. It is divided into four quarters: the oldest is Castel, Splanzia, the former Christian quarter during the Ottoman rule of Topanas with the sheltered Jewish quarter of Ovraiki and the harbor.
Here you can find Byzantine ruins, churches, mosques and just houses of 500 years ago, in which there are hotels and bars. Chania is the richest city in the old city.
From there, also several times a day there is a bus to the entrance to the Samaria Gorge, along which a 16-kilometer hiking trail through the array of Lefka-Ory ("White Mountains") to the village of Ayia-Rumeli .
How to get there
The city has its own international airport, which is 14 km away. With Russian cities, this airport is not bound by regular flights, but during the tourist season a charter program operates. Find out in advance the schedule of charter flights is difficult, as often passengers from unfilled flights are "transplanted" by the airline on flights to Heraklion, which is associated with a long ground transfer to Chania.
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Hotels of the city
Numerous and varied hotels of Chania. Not only are they oriented to a different degree of finicky and exacting tourists, many hotels (sometimes quite cheap and formally not having a high status) can offer their guests, apart from comfortable living, extremely attractive features. It can be a historic building in the old town, or a terrace with a panoramic view of the city and the sea, or a magnificent wall painting that makes the interior of the hotel unforgettable, or the author's cuisine in the hotel restaurant.
Cuisine and restaurants
A large number of various restaurants and cafes in the city is also a big plus . The restaurant here can be found for every taste . It can be a tiny family restaurant with three or four tables in the hall, a large modern restaurant, a cafe on the embankment, a tavern in the vicinity of the city . The choice is, ultimately, for the tourist .We can only guarantee that the quality of the food is excellent, portions are huge and the price is low . In many restaurants you can find dishes cooked diet or specifically for children . However, all of the local cuisine is based on the use of fresh vegetables and herbs, olive oil , freshly caught seafood and grilled meat - so the food will be not only tasty, but also useful . The variety of restaurants in Chania is all the more important because there are almost no hotels operating under the "all inclusive" system .
Entertainment excursions and attractions of Chania
A lot of entertainment awaits those who chose to rest in Chania . First of all, this is an inspection of the city, which consists of the old and the new part . The new city is beautiful, modern, built up with high-rise residential and administrative buildings . Large shopping centers, restaurants, clubs, concert halls make it similar to any modern and comfortable, but it is an ordinary European city . the old town is very color, is not only interesting historical and architectural dos oprimechatelnostyami, but also the intricacies of its streets, many houses in the Venetian style and tiny restaurants where you can just have a glass of tasty Greek wine . It is clear that all of the city's rulers left in it building specific to their epoch .
The sense center of the old city is the Castelli region. It is located on a hill, people settled here during the Neolithic period.
To the west of Castelli is a place loved by tourists -. Santrivani . area Its architectural ensemble includes many interesting buildings . Quarter Topanas interesting for its buildings of the Venetian period and the ruins of the ancient fortress walls in the Jewish quarter . throughout the city are many Orthodox churches, the most famous of them are the church of St. Magdalene, and church of Agia Anargii . peacefully coexist with churches construction era of the Ottoman of the Board . In the city a lot of museums, among them a prominent place occupied by the archaeological collection with its unique local finds and history with a rich collection that demonstrates the different stages of life of the region .
impossible to ignore, and the neighborhood of Chania. It is here that the famous Cretan cypress forests survived. It is here that the most beautiful gorges and picturesque mountain villages are located.
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