Located outside the eastern walls of the old city of Chania and took its name from the homonym Venetian gate, the “Gate of Sand» (Kum Kapisi in Turkish). In this…
Chalepa is located in the northeast of the city of Chania, outside the Venetian fortifications. It began to grow in the mid 19th century and became better known by the…
Kastelli was developed in a naturally fortified hill above the old port of Chania since the transitional Neolithic period (3000-2900 BC). The Byzantines, the Venetians and the Ottomans add their…
Topchanas and Hebrew are two of the most historic neighborhoods in the northwestern part of the old town of Chania. After the Ottoman conquest it was pole of installation of…
