If you arrive at the Chania port, rather than Crete's more heavily trafficked harbor in Heraklion, expect an overnight ferry journey from Athens of about eight and a half hours.

Heraklion and Chania are full of culture, history and fantastic food. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip. ... Also known as, Iraklio, Heraklion is Crete's capital and port city.

Chania is a port city of Crete with rich history relics and beautiful natural view. (Photo: Xinhua) Photo taken on June 14, 2019 shows a street of the old town of Chania on the Crete Island, Greece.

The capital of Crete, Heraklion, is famed for both the Palace of Knossos dating back to the Minoan civilisation and the 16th-century Koules fortress, perched at the end of its port. Rethymnon is ...

Casa Delfino, Chania, Greece - in pictures 1 / 9 Just 15 minutes out of town and on the edge of a golden sandy beach with shallow blue waters is the chic and ultra child-friendly Ammos Hotel .

Seen from the outside, Red Jane, a new bakery in the center of Chania, a Greek port city on the island of Crete, looks like a Berlin nightclub, with no obvious sign and a concrete facade covered ...