Freelance Holidays Crete Guide

AREA MAP-GAVALOHORI To Almirida Alternative
Route to
24 VILLA METAPOTHIA Almirida
(NOT TO SCALE)
Must turn here
Footpaths to coming from LEFT as
Douliana-Kera very narrow corner

-Almerida Very narrow
(See Map 25) (small cars only)

To Cafeneon & VILLA
Douliana Women’s METAPOTHIA
Vamos Museum Co-Operative
Chania Monica’s
Arosmari To
AGIOS PAVLOS Roman wells
Apospirida

Page 99 Shortcut to Vamos

To/From To/From
Megala Armeni-Kalives
Chorafia National Highway

STYLOS Meat & NEO HORIO
Cheese
shop PROVARMA To To/From
Maheri Vrysses

850m from cafeneon to see the 3000 year old
Olive Tree of Samonas

VILLA Sign (on corner) AREA MAP -SAMONAS
VIGLA Monumental 26 Villa Nikoletta
Olive Tree of Samonas
Villa Vigla
SAMONAS
(NOT TO SCALE)
Eagle’s Nest

Relic TAKE CARE on the last 2,5kms up the road has many hairpin bends!
Cafeneon

Page 100 Sign for: To Byzantine Church of
Church of Ag Agios Nicholaos
Nicholaos

To/from To/From 27 AREA MAP -ARMENI
Chania Kalives
VILLA GALANIA
DIADROMES NATIONAL VILLA AMVROSIA
∆ιαδροµές HIGHWAY VILLA MARAGOUDI
Taverna with VILLA CHRISTINA
Children’s play
room (NOT TO SCALE)

Butcher
Frozen foods
& Cheese

Baker

Cafeneon
Sells fresh bread daily

Large
Tree

Drosostalia Taverna

Police
Station

VILLA VILLA
MARAGOUDI- GALANIA
CHRISTINA

To/From Neo Horio –
Samonas - Stylos
Agios Pandes/Vrisses

ΑΓΙΟΣ
ΑΝΤΩΝΗΣ

VILLA
AMVROSIA

Sheep/goat
farm

gates

Dirttrack

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AREA MAP- VRYSSES-MAZA-VRYSSES
VILLA ARTEMIS- VILLA AVRA

30 VILLA OLIVIA

(NOT TO SCALE)

To Vamos

To Vamos- Gavalohori- Almerida Beach

School To Georgioupoli
(old road)
B

To: Vafes Town Hall
& Nippos
VRYSSES

Braoudakis Sign: MAZA
Traditional Folklore
Museum & Products

Butcher

Shell

Bypass to relieve traffic
congestion in Vrysses

MAZA

To Sign: Church of Agios Nikolaos
Sfakia Agios Nikolaos

Villa Page 102
Olivia Villa

Avra

Villa
Artemis

Sandy Beach with small pebbles ΣΑΡΓΟΣ
sunbeds & umbrellas Fish Taverna

Eko Babis NOPIGIA Porto
Petrol Taverna/ Mithimna Alegre
Cafe Camping

To: Kissamos NATIONAL HIGHWAY

Shell To /From
Petrol Chania

Sign:
Skinari 18
Kalathenes 10

KALOUDIANA

FACILITY MAP KALERGIANA
VERDIANA
31 KOUKOUNARA

VILLA KYRIAKI

(NOT TO SCALE)

CHARCHALIANA

CHOREFTIANA KOUKOUNARA
TSIKALARIA
Rotonda
VILLA Café/Taverna
KYRIAKI

KALATHENES To
Milia

TOPOLIA
To

Page 103 Elafonissi

To Kerames & AREA MAP –
Spilia
33 AGIA PARASKEVI

(NOT TO SCALE)

Vrahos HARITAKIS
Taverna & HOUSE
Pool Bar/Taverna
MANOLIS
EMILIOS HOUSE
HOUSE

To Ag Fotini – Sign: Α.Παρασκευή
Ammoudi -
Moni Preveli Pegasus Resort ARGYROS
(See Map 34) Pool Bar/Taverna HOUSE
Open to all as
To Ligres Beach long as you
patronise
the business

Page 104 New paved road to
Triopetra Beach &&
Ag. Pavlos & Ag. Galini

From highway SPILI

( major town
for bank & shopping &
internet access)

Petrol Station

AKTOUNTA KISSOU
KAMBOS

From Ammoudi you can DRIMISKOS VATOS To Agia Galini
walk up & down the bluff & KERAMES AGALIANOS
get to Moni Preveli
(15mins), follow the path
in front of Dionyssos
Taverna. Plus there is a
minimarket at Ammoudi
Beach & in Kerames
village

(East of Preveli Villas) Short cut between Fotini & Diagram of Kionia 1 bdrm
VILLA CHRYSSA Ligres/Ag Pag Triopetra 2 bdrm
VILLA BAY 36
25 Stds
Footpath 14

Ammoudi
Beach

Gialopotamos Agia
Beach Fotini KIONIA

APARTMENTS AGIA PARASKEVI

AREA MAP -KERAMES Ligres
Beach
34 KIONIA APTS &
Triopetra
VILLA CHRYSSA & Beach
VILLA BAY
(NOT TO SCALE)

Page 105

To Chania, pier
& Souda Bay
KALAMI
National Highway

EXIT FOR MEGALA CHORAFIA Taverna Vigla To
Kyani
bus kafenion Beach
stop

1 km from here
to minimarket

APTERA
APARTMENTS

Mini Market Aptera Ruins
& Fortress

MEGALA HORAFIA

Aptera
Taverna
post box

Page 106 Agios Dimitrios AREA MAP- MEGALA HORAFIA

35 APTERA APARTMENTS-

(NOT TO SCALE)

36 AREA MAP –SPILIA
YIANNI’S HOUSE

(NOT TO SCALE) To Afrata

Fresh Diktynna Palio Arhontiko
fish shop
Kolymbari
Argentina Beach

café snack bar

Butcher To Chania via
ATM
To Ravdoucha patisserie coast road

To Kastelli Butcher ATM
Falassarna
KOLYMBARI

National
Highway

To Chania

MARATHOKEFALA

Cave of
St. John

EKO petrol
station

YIANNI’S To Episkopi-
HOUSE Malathiros

Platanos Old village
Taverna Spilia Village shop

Hotel

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To Kaina & Agioi To Jon Zigzag road Vamos
Pandes & Douliana The English To Gavalohori Health
Highway access Kalives Butcher Centre
towards Chania Football pitch
Heraklion only!

Doctor’s Office

One way section To Kefalas
Xirosterni
Almirida

Bloumosifis Town VAMOS
Hall

Art Cafe

Interesting Cafeneon Litsarda
Pizzeria
To Alsos tou Vamou
Old buildings &
ATM
alleyways baker
School
bookshop

AREA MAP – VAMOS
(NOT TO SCALE)

37

Page 108 To Vrysses & To Kivotos
National Highway Emu Farm

To Georgiopolis &
National Highway

AREA MAP- LOUTRAKI

38 VILLA ROULA
(NOT TO SCALE)

To /From To NAMFI
Chania

Marathi STERNES
Loutraki

Αγιοι Παντες Marathi
Αγια Ειρηνη Loutraki

MARATHI

VILLA
ROULA

Page 109 canteen
LOUTRAKI

Mare Nostrum

Starting points ⓱ 40 CHANIA TOWN WALK MAP ⓰
From 1 or 9 or 16
The walk takes about 3 hours – Please see Diana’s Travel website for further details
(not including time inside
shops/museums or the walk out to the

lighthouse- 17)

❶ ⓴ 14c ⓯
1a ❷ 14a 14b
19a
2a ⓮
⓳ ⓭

13a 15a 15b

2os Parados ⓲ ❾
Theotokopoulou
13b
2b 13a. Knifemaker Shop
13b. Venetian Rector’s
1 Hand Monument ❸❹ ⓫ ⓬ Palace
1a. Venetian Wall ❺ ❿ 14. Ayias Ekaterinis
2. Byzantine Museum ❼ 6c Square
2a. Venetian Magazine 14a. Polytechnic building
2b. Casa Delphino Hotel 6b 6a ❻ & Gov’t House
3. Traditional Weaver 14b. Dominican Nunnery
“Roka” ❽ of Santa Maria Dei
4. Old Turkish Bath Miracoli
5. Jewish SynogoguePage 110 14c. Grand Venetian
6. Church of Trimartyri Arsenal
6a. Folklore Museum 15. Venetian Arsenals
(Cretan House) 15a. Street Market on
6b.Roman Catholic church Saturdays (Minoos Str)
6cTurkish Hamam 15b. Sabbionara Bastion
7. Archaeological Museum and Gate
8. Leather Lane/Skridlof Str. 16. Minoan Ship replica
9. Covered Market Hall 17.Venitian Lighthouse
(Agora) 18. Mosque of the
10. Mineret Janissaries
11. Splanzia Sq (1821) 18a. Santrivani Sq.
12. St Nikolaos Church 19. Maritime Museum
13. Byzantine Wall 19a. Firkas Fortress
20. Firkas Tower

NOTES FOR THE
CHANIA WALK

Walking the streets in the old part of Chania is a must whilst you are here. It is just fascinating to see
the layers of history from the Minoans to the Byzantine era followed by the Venetians for 465 years &
then the Turkish occupation for over 278 years & unfortunately a lot was damaged from the bombings
in WWII.
I am not a historian nor an archaeologist, I just love the town I live in & want to ensure you see as much
as you can, as your time on the island is limited. If you want more information about any of the stops
look it up in a guide book or online. Alternatively you can purchase Tony Fennymore’s, companion
booklet for his Walking Tour of Chania from my office.

The walk takes about 3 hours without going into any of the museums & not including the walk out to the
lighthouse ⓱, which is optional & probably one of the best places to take a photo of the harbour with
the White Mountains in the background. Nor does this include seeing all the sub-point which have ‘a’ –
b – c’ after the number, these are also of interest, but it just depends on how much time you wish to
spend in town. You can pick & choose as you go.

There are public toilets (male/female blue & white symbol on the map) to the right of the Agora ❾ as
you are facing the clock, down by the harbour (between 14c &⓲ point) & near point ❹ on Zambeliou
Str. Note some are Eastern style (squat only), which means there are no seats & probably more
hygienic, if you think about it.

Once you come through the Leather lane ❽, Skirdlof Str, you will see a square on the left with several
cafes & eating establishments, if you need a rest from the sun or just to take in the atmosphere.

Also inside the Agora ❾ are a couple of places that serve food, it is inexpensive & fresh, lots of locals
around & interesting environment to watch people.

One of my personal favourites is the Glymidakis Bakery inside the Agora, which I used to get cheese
pies from back in 1986 when I first came to Crete. Going to the Agora was a regular thing back then, as
there weren’t any supermarkets as such & that is where you had to go to get fresh milk which was then
delivered three times a week. Back then, in the winter if the sea was too rough for the boats to come
from Athens, there wouldn’t be any milk until the weather permitted the boats to leave.

Ensure you take a left in the center of the Agora to come out to the front of it to feel the hustle & bustle
of the modern town & to take the photo at the front of the market which is more picturesque then the
other three entrances.

The street with the minaret ❿ has some super tavernas & near Splanzia ⓫, there are several eating
places & lots of atmosphere in the evenings, as it is popular with the locals. The Well of the Turk
Restaurant is off of this street as well, if you fancy a bit of Eastern food (in the evenings only). Also on
Daskalogianni street is a daytime place called Kitchen E.Π.Ε which serves really good traditional
Cretan dishes.

Of course, there are several places to sit & drink or eat on the harbour front. One of my favourite ice
cream stops is Papa George for a soft serve ice cream with or without being dipped into chocolate.

Sometimes you will see exhibitions of art or photography in the Grand Arsenal (14c) & the same with
the mosque in the harbour ⓲.

At point 15b, there is a small park with benches overlooking the sea & to the left you will see the area
of Koum Kapi. Along here are several cafés & ouzeris day or night that run along the seafront.

Check the opening hours of the museums on page 57 if you plan on visiting them. Note that when the
Nautical/Naval Museum ⓳ is closed you cannot get into the (19a) Firkas Fortess & go up to the tower
⓴ to take in the view of the harbour.

Have a lovely time & enjoy your stay on Crete, no matter what you do! Diane

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