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welcome you
to Chania Apartments!
We created this website in order to offer you high quality travel
services at the lowest rates. Whether you are a group, a family, a
couple or a single traveler, through our pages you can book your
apartment, rent a car or if you prefer book a taxi and have it
waiting for you at the airport or the port of Chania. All the
transactions made on our website are secure and all the information
you enter are safe. Our partners guarantee for all the offers that
you find here.
Crete is the biggest and one of the most beautiful islands of
Greece, it's second largest city is Chania, a
famous city and port and the capital of Chania Prefecture with a
population of about 55.000 inhabitants. The smooth charm and mellow
pace of life in Chania is a great contrast to the freneticism,
modernity and concrete of Irakleio. Although it lost its status as
official capital of Crete in 1971, it is still the island's main
town in terms of architectural and human interest. There are many
reminders of the Venetian period and the Turkish occupation likewise
left its mark. More importantly, despite the fairly high level of
tourism, the town has not lost its soul: just a stone's thrown from
the crowded Venetian port there are lots of delightful little
streets where life is lived strictly at the pace of their
inhabitants. Setting out to discover the craftsmen at work in these
backstreets and the fascinating little traditional shops is just one
of the range of delightful options on offer to visitors.
 Chania
was the site of ancient Kydonia, one of the most powerful Minoan
towns and a rival to Gortys and Knossos. Recent digs have uncovered
significant remains from this period. The early occupants of the
site included both the Arabs and the Byzantines. In the 18th century
it was occupied by the Venetians, who founded the town they called
La Canea. In 1637 the town fell into the hands of the Turks. At the
end of the 19th century the troops of the Great Powers (Britain,
Italy, Russia and France) intervened between the Cretan resistance
movement and the Turkish troops, and guaranteed Cretan autonomy
until full Greek independence. In the time of World War II Chania
suffered relentless bomboing raids and a great many of its older
buildings were destroyed. Fortunately, intelligent rebuilding works
have returned the Venetian port to its full glory. |
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