The most poetic
city of Crete when you walk through it leaves you with a
pleasant taste of beauty. Built on the ruins of ancient Kidonia
it has seen and survived many invaders, but has also tasted
civilizations that left their marks on building faces, castles,
walls, antiquities, monasteries and churches.
The city has two
entrances: the airport of Akrotiri, and the port of Souda (the
largest in the Mediterranean). The public market holds a master
place in the center of the city, a brilliant cross-shaped
building that was completed in 1913, and in proportion with the
one in Marseilles.
Near the city
center the Public Garden awaits you next to the "Peace and
Friendship of the people" park. The gardens are the prettiest in
Crete, and also the public garden offers a small zoo with
animals from Cretan fauna.
The Venetian port
picturesque any time and season is attractive to visitors and
locals, for it's beauty and for it's choices of entertainment
for all tastes and demands. The old city "intramural" districts
preserve their Venetian nobility. Narrow paved alleys are
surrounded with tasteful renewed houses, from various ages, are
offered for a pleasant walk. Many neoclassic houses are also
saved in districts which "neighbor" with the city of Chania,
like Halepa. |
