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Chania is a town on the island of Crete, which belongs to Greece. It is the second largest city of the island and is located on the coast about 100 km west of Heraklion, the capital of the island. In the South of Chania the Cretan land is rising steadily and forming with the mountain range of the White Mountains, LEFKA ORI, a barrier to the South coast, which is broken only by a few mountain passes. The climate in Crete is Mediterranean. The summers are hot and very dry. The international airport of Chania is located 15 km to the Northwest of the city, at a level of the Akrotiri peninsula. Here, the major airlines from Germany and Austria, as well as low cost airlines to Crete land. Many holiday-makers borrow a car, to cope with the distance from Chania airport to their hotel. Among the most important sights of Chania is the wonderful Venetian churches. Greek Orthodox Church, which is known as Cathedral of the three martyrs, is on the Platia Athinagora in the quarter Splantzia. The three-naved basilica was built on the foundation of an older church, which served as a SOAP factory during the Ottoman period.

No less interesting Church is San Nicolò in the Platia 1821, which originally belonged to the nearby Dominican monastery from the 13th century. It was rebuilt to the mosque during the Ottoman Empire. The large minaret towers still next to the Church in the height.

Interesting museums in Chania are among other things, the archaeological museum, located in a former Franciscan church. In the Byzantine Museum, murals, mosaics and ceramics are displayed. The Maritime Museum, West of the port of Chania, showing models and findings of the trade and maritime war. The lighthouse of Faros, East of the Harbour entrance is only a part of the picturesque scenery of the harbour of Chania. The Venetian port named Limani was created in the 14th century. The arsenals in the port, lead-roofed barrel vaulted, stone halls are a magnet for tourists.

In the Sabbionara bastion, East of the Harbour, the replica of a Minoan ship is located. There is an exhibition that documents the construction were using only materials and techniques from the bronze age.

The town park is the cultural centre of Chania in the early evening with his game-goat Park. There are also beautiful cafes and a cinema. It is located between Andrea Papandreou and Tzanakaki.