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Achaea Prefecture

  • Patra
  • Kalavrita

Aegina

Aetoloakarnania Prefecture

  • Messolonghi
  • Nafpaktos
  • Agrinio
  • Vonitsa

Agathonisi

Agistri

Alonissos

Amorgos

Anafi

Andros

Antiparos

Arcadia Prefecture

  • Tripolis
  • Vytina
  • Dimitsana
  • Stemnitsa
  • Leonidio
  • Astros

Argolida Prefecture

  • Nafplio
  • Tolo
  • Porto Heli

Arta Prefecture

  • Arta
  • Melissourgoi

Astypalea

  • Chora (Astypalea)
  • Pera Gialos

Attiki Prefecture

  • Athens
  • Piraeus
  • Lavrio
  • Rafina

Chalki

Chania Prefecture

  • Chania
  • Paleohora
  • Hora Sfakion
  • Gavdos

Chios

  • Chios (Chora)
  • Pyrgi
  • Olympi
  • Mesta
  • Thymiana
  • Vessa

Donoussa

Drama Prefecture

  • Drama

Evia Prefecture

Evritania Prefecture

  • Karpenisi
  • Koryschades
  • Mikro Chorio
  • Megalo Chorio
  • Agrafa
  • Krikelo

Evros Prefecture

  • Alexandroupolis
  • Soufli
  • Didymoticho

Florina Prefecture

  • Florina
  • Nymfaio
  • Agios Germanos

Fokida Prefecture

  • Galaxidi
  • Polydroso
  • Eptalofos (Agoriani)

Folegandros

  • Chora - Kastro

Fourni

Fthiotida Prefecture

  • Amfiklia
  • Kamena Vourla
  • Lamia
  • Stylida
  • Pavliani
  • Ypati
  • Tithorea
  • Agios (St.) Konstantinos

Grevena Prefecture

  • Samarina
  • Grevena
  • Dotsiko

Halkidiki Prefecture

  • Poligiros
  • Kassandria
  • Nea Potidea
  • Arnea
  • Ouranoupoli
  • Ammouliani

Heraklion Prefecture

  • Heraklion
  • Archanes
  • Matala

Hydra

Ikaria

Ilia Prefecture

  • Pyrgos
  • Katakolo
  • Andritsena
  • Olympia

Imathia Prefecture

  • Naousa
  • Veroia
  • Kato Vermio

Ioannina Prefecture

  • Ioannina
  • Mikro & Megalo Papingo
  • Aristi
  • Dilofo
  • Metsovo
  • Syrrako
  • Tsepelovo

Ios

  • Chora
  • Magganari
  • Mylopotas

Irakleia

Ithaki (Ithaca)

  • Vathy
  • Kioni

Kalymnos

  • Pothia
  • Eborios
  • Telendos
  • Pserimos

Karditsa Prefecture

Karpathos

  • Karpathos (Pigadia)
  • Olympos
  • Arkasa
  • Menetes

Kasos

Kastelorizo

Kastoria Prefecture

  • Kastoria
  • Kleisoura

Kavala Prefecture

Kea (Tzia)

  • Vourkari
  • Ioulida (Ioulis)
  • Makronisos

Kefalonia

Kerkyra (Corfu)

  • Kerkyra (Corfu)
  • Benitses
  • Paleokastritsa
  • Agios Gordios
  • Afiona

Kilkis Prefecture

Kimolos

  • Chorio (Kimolos)
  • Psathi
  • Goupa

Korinthia Prefecture

  • Korinthos
  • Xylokastro
  • Trikala
  • Loutraki

Kos

  • Kos
  • Kardamaina
  • Kefalos

Koufonisi (Ano & Kato)

Kozani Prefecture

  • Kozani
  • Velventos
  • Siatista
  • Ptolemaida

Kythira - Antikythira

  • Chora
  • Kapsali
  • Avlemonas
  • Antikythera

Kythnos

  • Hora
  • Loutra (baths)
  • Merichas

Lakonia Prefecture

  • Sparti
  • Monemvasia
  • Gytheio
  • Areopoli
  • Gerolimenas
  • Elafonisos
  • Limeni

Larisa Prefecture

  • Larisa
  • Rapsani
  • Agia
  • Metaxochori Agias

Lasithi Prefecture

  • Agios Nikolaos
  • Ierapetra
  • Sitia
  • Elounda

Lefkada

  • Lefkada
  • Vasiliki
  • Nydri
  • Agios Nikitas

Leros

Lesvos

  • Plomari
  • Molyvos (Mithymna)
  • Mytilene
  • Skala Kallonis
  • Sigri

Limnos

  • Myrina
  • Moudros
  • Kontias

Lipsi

Magnesia Prefecture

  • Volos
  • Portaria
  • Makrinitsa
  • Tsagarada

Messinia Prefecture

  • Kalamata
  • Koroni
  • Pylos
  • Ano & Kato Kardamili

Milos

  • Adamadas (Diamond)
  • Pollonia
  • Plaka
  • Klima
  • Firopotamos

Mykonos

  • Hora (Mykonos)
  • Platis Gialos & Psarou
  • Agios Stefanos

Naxos

  • Agia Anna
  • Apiranthos (Aperanthos)
  • Chalkio
  • Chora (Naxos)
  • Filoti

Nisyros

  • Mandraki
  • Emporio
  • Nikia

Paros

  • Parikia
  • Naoussa
  • Lefkes
  • Prodromos
  • Marpissa
  • Piso Livadi (Back Meadow)

Patmos

  • Skala
  • Patmos (Chora)
  • Grikos

Paxi - Antipaxi

  • Gaios
  • Lakka
  • Longos

Pella Prefecture

  • Edessa
  • Agios Athanasios
  • Gianitsa
  • Aridea

Pieria Prefecture

  • Katerini
  • Elatochori
  • Platamonas
  • Leptokarya
  • Litochoro

Poros

Preveza Prefecture

  • Parga
  • Preveza

Psara

Rethymno Prefecture

  • Anogia
  • Rethymno
  • Agia Galini
  • Argyroupolis
  • Panormos

Rhodes

  • Rhodes
  • Archangelos
  • Lindos
  • Ialysos

Rodopi Prefecture

  • Komotini

Samos

  • Vathi or Samos
  • Karlovasi
  • Pythagorio
  • Manolates
  • Vourliotes

Samothrace

  • Kamariotissa
  • Chora (Samothrace)
  • Therma

Santorini

  • Fira
  • Imerovigli
  • Oia (Ia)
  • Pyrgos
  • Emporio or Niborios
  • Thirasia

Schinoussa

Serifos

  • Chora
  • Livadi
  • Megalo Livadi

Serres Prefecture

Sifnos

  • Apollonia
  • Artemonas
  • Kastro

Sikinos

  • Alopronia
  • Kastro (Castle) & Chorio

Skiathos

Skopelos

Skyros

  • Chora (Skyros)
  • Magazia
  • Atsitsa

Spetses

Symi

Syros

  • Ermoupoli
  • Ano Syros

Thassos

  • Thassos (Limenas)
  • Theologos
  • Skala Potamias

Thesprotia Prefecture

  • Igoumenitsa
  • Sivota
  • Plataria

Thessaloniki Prefecture

Tilos

Tinos

  • Tinos - Chora
  • Pyrgos
  • Panormos
  • Volax (Volakas)
  • Ormos Isternion
  • Falatados
  • Dio Horia

Trikala Prefecture

  • Trikala
  • Elati & Pertouli
  • Kalabaka
  • Kastraki

Viotia Prefecture

  • Arachova
  • Livadia
  • Antikyra

Xanthi Prefecture

  • Xanthi
  • Porto Lagos

Zakynthos

Achaea Prefecture

  • Patra
  • Kalavrita

Aegina

Aetoloakarnania Prefecture

  • Messolonghi
  • Nafpaktos
  • Agrinio
  • Vonitsa

Agathonisi

Agistri

Alonissos

Amorgos

Anafi

Andros

Antiparos

Arcadia Prefecture

  • Tripolis
  • Vytina
  • Dimitsana
  • Stemnitsa
  • Leonidio
  • Astros

Argolida Prefecture

  • Nafplio
  • Tolo
  • Porto Heli

Arta Prefecture

  • Arta
  • Melissourgoi

Astypalea

  • Chora (Astypalea)
  • Pera Gialos

Attiki Prefecture

  • Athens
  • Piraeus
  • Lavrio
  • Rafina

Chalki

Chania Prefecture

  • Chania
  • Paleohora
  • Hora Sfakion
  • Gavdos

Chios

  • Chios (Chora)
  • Pyrgi
  • Olympi
  • Mesta
  • Thymiana
  • Vessa

Donoussa

Drama Prefecture

  • Drama

Evia Prefecture

Evritania Prefecture

  • Karpenisi
  • Koryschades
  • Mikro Chorio
  • Megalo Chorio
  • Agrafa
  • Krikelo

Evros Prefecture

  • Alexandroupolis
  • Soufli
  • Didymoticho

Florina Prefecture

  • Florina
  • Nymfaio
  • Agios Germanos

Fokida Prefecture

  • Galaxidi
  • Polydroso
  • Eptalofos (Agoriani)

Folegandros

  • Chora - Kastro

Fourni

Fthiotida Prefecture

  • Amfiklia
  • Kamena Vourla
  • Lamia
  • Stylida
  • Pavliani
  • Ypati
  • Tithorea
  • Agios (St.) Konstantinos

Grevena Prefecture

  • Samarina
  • Grevena
  • Dotsiko

Halkidiki Prefecture

  • Poligiros
  • Kassandria
  • Nea Potidea
  • Arnea
  • Ouranoupoli
  • Ammouliani

Heraklion Prefecture

  • Heraklion
  • Archanes
  • Matala

Hydra

Ikaria

Ilia Prefecture

  • Pyrgos
  • Katakolo
  • Andritsena
  • Olympia

Imathia Prefecture

  • Naousa
  • Veroia
  • Kato Vermio

Ioannina Prefecture

  • Ioannina
  • Mikro & Megalo Papingo
  • Aristi
  • Dilofo
  • Metsovo
  • Syrrako
  • Tsepelovo

Ios

  • Chora
  • Magganari
  • Mylopotas

Irakleia

Ithaki (Ithaca)

  • Vathy
  • Kioni

Kalymnos

  • Pothia
  • Eborios
  • Telendos
  • Pserimos

Karditsa Prefecture

Karpathos

  • Karpathos (Pigadia)
  • Olympos
  • Arkasa
  • Menetes

Kasos

Kastelorizo

Kastoria Prefecture

  • Kastoria
  • Kleisoura

Kavala Prefecture

Kea (Tzia)

  • Vourkari
  • Ioulida (Ioulis)
  • Makronisos

Kefalonia

Kerkyra (Corfu)

  • Kerkyra (Corfu)
  • Benitses
  • Paleokastritsa
  • Agios Gordios
  • Afiona

Kilkis Prefecture

Kimolos

  • Chorio (Kimolos)
  • Psathi
  • Goupa

Korinthia Prefecture

  • Korinthos
  • Xylokastro
  • Trikala
  • Loutraki

Kos

  • Kos
  • Kardamaina
  • Kefalos

Koufonisi (Ano & Kato)

Kozani Prefecture

  • Kozani
  • Velventos
  • Siatista
  • Ptolemaida

Kythira - Antikythira

  • Chora
  • Kapsali
  • Avlemonas
  • Antikythera

Kythnos

  • Hora
  • Loutra (baths)
  • Merichas

Lakonia Prefecture

  • Sparti
  • Monemvasia
  • Gytheio
  • Areopoli
  • Gerolimenas
  • Elafonisos
  • Limeni

Larisa Prefecture

  • Larisa
  • Rapsani
  • Agia
  • Metaxochori Agias

Lasithi Prefecture

  • Agios Nikolaos
  • Ierapetra
  • Sitia
  • Elounda

Lefkada

  • Lefkada
  • Vasiliki
  • Nydri
  • Agios Nikitas

Leros

Lesvos

  • Plomari
  • Molyvos (Mithymna)
  • Mytilene
  • Skala Kallonis
  • Sigri

Limnos

  • Myrina
  • Moudros
  • Kontias

Lipsi

Magnesia Prefecture

  • Volos
  • Portaria
  • Makrinitsa
  • Tsagarada

Messinia Prefecture

  • Kalamata
  • Koroni
  • Pylos
  • Ano & Kato Kardamili

Milos

  • Adamadas (Diamond)
  • Pollonia
  • Plaka
  • Klima
  • Firopotamos

Mykonos

  • Hora (Mykonos)
  • Platis Gialos & Psarou
  • Agios Stefanos

Naxos

  • Agia Anna
  • Apiranthos (Aperanthos)
  • Chalkio
  • Chora (Naxos)
  • Filoti

Nisyros

  • Mandraki
  • Emporio
  • Nikia

Paros

  • Parikia
  • Naoussa
  • Lefkes
  • Prodromos
  • Marpissa
  • Piso Livadi (Back Meadow)

Patmos

  • Skala
  • Patmos (Chora)
  • Grikos

Paxi - Antipaxi

  • Gaios
  • Lakka
  • Longos

Pella Prefecture

  • Edessa
  • Agios Athanasios
  • Gianitsa
  • Aridea

Pieria Prefecture

  • Katerini
  • Elatochori
  • Platamonas
  • Leptokarya
  • Litochoro

Poros

Preveza Prefecture

  • Parga
  • Preveza

Psara

Rethymno Prefecture

  • Anogia
  • Rethymno
  • Agia Galini
  • Argyroupolis
  • Panormos

Rhodes

  • Rhodes
  • Archangelos
  • Lindos
  • Ialysos

Rodopi Prefecture

  • Komotini

Samos

  • Vathi or Samos
  • Karlovasi
  • Pythagorio
  • Manolates
  • Vourliotes

Samothrace

  • Kamariotissa
  • Chora (Samothrace)
  • Therma

Santorini

  • Fira
  • Imerovigli
  • Oia (Ia)
  • Pyrgos
  • Emporio or Niborios
  • Thirasia

Schinoussa

Serifos

  • Chora
  • Livadi
  • Megalo Livadi

Serres Prefecture

Sifnos

  • Apollonia
  • Artemonas
  • Kastro

Sikinos

  • Alopronia
  • Kastro (Castle) & Chorio

Skiathos

Skopelos

Skyros

  • Chora (Skyros)
  • Magazia
  • Atsitsa

Spetses

Symi

Syros

  • Ermoupoli
  • Ano Syros

Thassos

  • Thassos (Limenas)
  • Theologos
  • Skala Potamias

Thesprotia Prefecture

  • Igoumenitsa
  • Sivota
  • Plataria

Thessaloniki Prefecture

Tilos

Tinos

  • Tinos - Chora
  • Pyrgos
  • Panormos
  • Volax (Volakas)
  • Ormos Isternion
  • Falatados
  • Dio Horia

Trikala Prefecture

  • Trikala
  • Elati & Pertouli
  • Kalabaka
  • Kastraki

Viotia Prefecture

  • Arachova
  • Livadia
  • Antikyra

Xanthi Prefecture

  • Xanthi
  • Porto Lagos

Zakynthos

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Chania Prefecture

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"In the middle of the dim sea lies an island, Crete.
Beauteous, fecund and surrounded by the sea,
its dwellers are numerous and its villages ninety in number.
Each nation and another language..."
This is how Homer describes Crete in the Odyssey.
Among Europe, Africa and Western Asia, in the middle of the eastern pelvis of the Mediterranean Sea, lies Crete and in its western past is the district of Chania. This island was the most suitable place for the development of several remarkable civilizations, such as the renowned Minoan civilization, due to its advantageous geographical position and the favorable temperature climate. The archeological findings in Chania are dated from the Neolithic Period, 6100-3500 BC. Although, many caves and the first human shelters of the Neolithic period have changed over the centuries, some of them are still open to the public. The skeletons of tiny elephants and hippopotamus, which were found in the area, are displayed in the Natural History Museum in Heraklion.
In pre-historic times, the ancient city Kydonia was located in the place of today's city of Chania. Kydonas, son of Mercury and the nymph Akakalida, was its founder, who was famous for his hospitality, a characterization that is also inherited to the inhabitants of the area. For thirteen centuries, Turks, Venetians and Arabs were trying to conquer the island but without success, since the people of Crete kept rising in revolt against the conquerors.
In 1913, the autonomous back then Cretan State was officially united with Greece. Yet, there is a proportion of the Cretan population that wants the island to be autonomous. During your perambulation in Chania, you will see lots of coastal and mountain villages, mountains with several self-sown herbs, the famous Samaria Gorge, plains with numerous cultivations and a wide coastline with all kinds of beaches.
Moreover, you will have the opportunity to taste the great Cretan diet with the sublime local products. You will also get carried away by the sound of the lyre that echoes everywhere in Crete and you will meet one of the most ancient roots of civilization of mankind. The tameless hospitable Crete with its temperature climate, the unrivalled natural beauty and the distinctiveness of its inhabitants will definitely induce you to prolong your stay on the island.


  
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