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Chania hotels

Isla Brown Chania Rated “Very Good” by Tripadvisor

2023-07-20 by Phil Butler

Isla Brown Chania

A look through several lenses at Isla Brown Chania, a new luxury hotel experience in the northwest of Crete.

Tags: Brown Hotels, Chania hotels, Chania luxury, Crete 5-star, Isla Brown, Isla Brown Chania, Luxury Hotels, Luxury stays Crete, TripAdvisor

Stunning Crete Hotel Outside Chania Lists for € 1,500,000

2023-06-20 by Phil Butler

Armenoi hotel

A Cretan guesthouse at the traditional village of Apokoronas affords stunning views, quiet, and traditional Crete living for € 1.5M.

Tags: Apokoronas Village, Armenoi, Chania, Chania hotels, Chania Prefecture, Chania property, Crete properties, Crete Real Estate, Elizabeth Estate Agency, Hotels for sale, Kalyves, Souda Bay

Crete’s Businesses With An “Instagram Vibe” Going On

2021-06-12 by Phil Butler

The Syntopia Hotel

A selection of Instagram shares from businesses on Crete that have help express the Cretan vibe through their photos.

Tags: arrivato, arrivato properties, Chania, Chania hotels, crete, Crete beaches, Crete photographers, DayNight.gr, Elia & Thyme, Folia Apartments, naturist, nude beaches, Samaria Gorge, Sitia, Vassilis Kallimoukos, Vritomartis

EasyJet Delivers Chania’s First Tourists of 2021 Season

2021-03-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Direct flights from Liverpool to Estonia by Easyjet are pushing up visitors numbers

A flight carrying some cast and crew of a German gat reality show landed in Chania’s ”Ioannis Daskalogiannis” airport over the weekend.

Tags: Brandenburg, Chania, Chania hotels, Chania tourists, Chania visitors, EasyJet, EasyJet Holidays, German tourists, Kissamos

COVID-19 Chania Slipup Adds to Crete’s Fears of Second Wave

2020-06-24 by Phil Butler

Chania harbor

A case of coronavirus in Chania on Crete has health officials puzzled as a 20 Swedish telecommunications worker slips past Athens controls.

Tags: Chania, Chania coronavirus, Chania hotels, Chania Prefecture, Chania travel, Chania travelers, Coronavirus, Greek vacation, GreekVacation2020, lockdown

Louis Hotels Adds Five-star Platanias Property to Crete Portfolio

2020-02-28 by Argophilia Travel News

Kladissos Beach

Louis Hotels has added the five-star Asterion Suites & Spa at Platanias to its portfolio of properties on Crete.

Tags: Asterion Suites & Spa, Chania hotels, crete, Crete hotels, hotel openings, Louis Hotels, Platanias Hotels, Platanias vacation

Atlantica Hotels & Resorts Now Managing Atlantica Amalthia Beach Hotel

2019-11-25 by Argophilia Travel News

Amalthia Beach Resort

Atlantica Hotels & Resorts has announced having taken over the management of Atlantica Amalthia Beach Hotel.

Tags: Agia Marina, Agia Marina resorts, Atlantica Amalthia Beach Hotel, Atlantica Hotels & Resorts, Chania hotels, Chania resorts, Chania stays, Crete hotels, hotel management, hotels

Chania’s Domus Renier Boutique Wins Best Historic Hotel Award

2018-11-06 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Domus Renier Boutique Hotel

Chania’s Domus Renier Boutique Hotel has just been awarded Europe’s Best Historic Hotel by Historic Hotels Worldwide for 2018.

Tags: Chania, Chania hotels, crete, Crete hotels, Domus Renier Boutique Hotel, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Historic Hotels Wordwide, Hotels in Greece, reece, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

Aegean Airlines Announces Chania Hotel Partners

2018-10-05 by Argophilia Travel News

Casa Delfino

Travelers who fly with Aegean Airlines can now earn award miles and free nights because of a partnership with 6 hotels and resorts in Chania.

Tags: Aegean Airlines, Chania, Chania hotels, Domez Noruz, Kriti Hotel, Kydon Hotel, Porto Veneziano Hotel, Serenissima Boutique Ηotel

A Crete Itinerary for Easter: Week One

2017-02-19 by Phil Butler

Casa Leone

A couple of years ago our whole team took a once-in-a-lifetime jaunt to the island of Crete. This year we head back to the land of the Minoans on a reconnaissance mission to scout the best places to live on the island.

Tags: Casa Leone, Chania, Chania accommodations, Chania hotels, Crete hotels, Crete stays, Crete tourism, Crete villas, EyeWide Digital, Kissamos, Lato Boutique Hotel, Stavros, Villa Bouganvillea, Zorba the Greek

Stays in Paradise: Hotel Porto Antico in Chania

2017-02-01 by Phil Butler

Hotel Porto Antico

As part of Argo News’ ongoing efforts of discovery, here’s a look at what may be the perfect city stay in all Greece, Hotel Porto Antico in Chania’s old city.

Tags: Chania, Chania hotels, Crete vacations, Greece, Greek hotels, Porto Antico Hotel, Visit Greece

Top 10 Chania “In and Out of Town” Attractions

2014-08-11 by Phil Butler

Courtesy Jay Thomas

Crete’s second biggest city, is probably the most well know and picturesque. Chania, a Minoan settlement known to the Greeks as Kydonia, is famous for it’s Venetian Harbor photogenically. The capital of the provence of the same name, Chania is about as iconic a destination as you can imagine. Surrounded by a host of smaller villages and immeasurable natural beauty, the west of Crete’s gem of tourism deserves every accolade. Here’s a bucket list of things any visitor “must see” before leaving this magical Cretan getaway.

Tags: Agora, Chania, Chania airport, Chania Archaeological Museum, Chania hotels, crete, Greece, Maritime Museum of Crete, Municipal Art Gallery of Chania, Samaria Gorge, Therisso Village, Visit Greece

VeggieHotels Gets the Healthy Nod

2014-04-13 by Phil Butler

Holy Tomato, VeggieHotels, a site launched back in 2011, helps healthy vegetarians hook up with some 500-plus bed and breakfasts, hotels, spas and conference centers across 60 countries. Listing everything from five star Bali digs to bed and breakfast stays from Austin, Texas to Zanzibar (okay, maybe not that far), the VeggieHotels membership makes a lot of sense for those travelers so inclined. Getting the nod for covering the niche, VeggieHotels needs some more inventory.

Tags: Chania hotels, green hotels, healthy hotels, Metohi Kindelis, vegetarian hotels, vegetarian stays, veggie hotels, World hotels

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Kourtaliotiko Gorge Renews Organized Entry Model: Managed Access and €5 Fee Resume for 2026 Season

2026-05-15 By Manuel Santos

Kourtaliotiko Gorge reopens for the 2026 tourist season, maintaining the organized management system and €5 entry fee

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Samaria Gorge to Officially Open on May 19

2026-05-15 By Manuel Santos

The reopening of Crete’s famous Samaria Gorge is delayed to May 19th as officials wait for final geological safety reports, sparking local frustration.

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Sfakia Gets 20,200-Euro Aid for Stray Pets Veterinary Care

2026-05-15 By Victoria Udrea

The Municipality of Sfakia in Chania is receiving a €20,200 financial boost dedicated entirely to the veterinary care of stray companion animals.

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Heraklion Port Authority Enforces Strict Beach Safety Zones

2026-05-15 By Manuel Santos

Heraklion Central Port Authority introduces strict fishing and boat anchoring bans on beaches across the region to protect swimmers this summer.

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Heraklion Signs €450,000 Contract to Restore Historic Fortetsa Slope and Ottoman Wall

2026-05-15 By Iorgos Pappas

Heraklion Mayor Alexis Kalokairinos signs a €450,000 contract to stabilize the Fortetsa slope and rebuild a historic 17th-century Ottoman wall.

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