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Chania & Paleochora

Aug 2026

My first time in Greece, and after Athens this was the calm half. I flew to Chania and took the bus over the mountains to Paleochora, planned three nights there and left after one, because the Libyan Sea was wonderful and the town was not. Chania got five nights instead, mornings on the streets before the heat and evenings on the wall for the sunset. Two days were filled with a scooter tour, an amazing way to explore the island around Chania.

Cover photo of Chania & Paleochora
Souvenir stall at night with hanging shell mobiles and a vendor behind the counter, a shopper standing in front
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Elderly man sitting on a shop step beside artificial flowers on a shaded pavement, pedestrians beyond
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Stacked turquoise wooden chairs below an arched blue-framed cafe window with potted herbs at midday
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Small motorboat leaving a white wake across an open blue sea under a pale sky at midday
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Man on a moped following a pickup truck along a tree-lined lane towards a low evening sun
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Blue wooden chair with a rush seat beside a small table on a stairway landing with potted plants
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Man wading into the sea from a pebble beach with empty sunbeds under an overhanging tree
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A stony beach with someone standing at the water's edge, dry hills behind
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A catamaran anchored in turquoise water with swimmers around it, hazy mountains across the bay
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Beach umbrellas in blue, pink and rainbow stripes on a rocky beach, a woman walking between them
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A young man in profile at a taverna table, chin on his hand, tables set with cloths along the wall
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A pale washed-out view through an aircraft window, the window frame in the corner
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A red pickup truck parked on a quiet street under a tree, a pale apartment building behind
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A cart covered with a white tarpaulin against a pink wall, a pink pipe running down beside it
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The Venetian harbour front of Chania in evening light, the domed mosque among the houses
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A pedestrian shopping street in the old town, a sunglasses shop sign, a potted plant at the corner
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A monastery courtyard with a stone staircase, palm trees and pots of flowers, a man on the steps
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A sandstone monastery wall with flower pots on its ledges and a bell tower against a deep blue sky
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The bell tower of the monastery and an outdoor staircase against a deep blue sky
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Whitewashed house with a blue door and 'For Sale' and a phone number painted in red on its front wall
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Group of older men and women seated on orange plastic chairs outside a shop in a Cretan town in the morning
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Pigeons landing on a sunlit cobbled square beside potted shrubs and a parked scooter in the morning
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Silhouetted crowd at a wall watching the sun set behind mountains and a small island across the sea
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Metal swimming ladder descending from a concrete edge into rippled sea water with low sun reflections
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Empty taverna tables with checked tablecloths beside a white wall, a stop sign and the sea behind
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Sailing boat anchored below a range of steep coastal mountains in pink evening haze
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Turquoise table with peeling paint and white chairs on a terrace, dry grass and the sea beyond, morning
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Four geese standing in a shallow pool on a pebble beach with hazy coastal mountains behind
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A long pebble beach curving under bare brown mountains, the sea flat and blue
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A person standing waist-deep in calm water off a pebble beach, hills fading into haze
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A palm tree beside a terrace at the beach, the sea glittering in the low sun and headlands behind
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A rocky cove with clear turquoise water, a boat at the far point and swimmers in the shallows
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An alley in Chania's old town with a Boho City Hostel sign, plants and a scooter, the back of a head in the corner
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A leafy café garden with blue wooden chairs and tables among potted plants, a yellow wall behind
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Four friends around a small café table outside a shop, smiling, water bottles and a paper bag on the table
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The aircraft wing over a hazy sea seen through the window, the wingtip curving up
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A man in white carrying shopping bags across a sunlit street corner in Chania, a shuttered shop behind
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A tall narrow apartment block with balconies against the evening sky, a corner shop sign below
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The Chania lighthouse at the harbour mouth at dusk, a small boat coming in
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A busy street seen from above through a balcony railing, cars queued between apartment blocks
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Boats moored along the harbour wall, the old houses of Chania across the water
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A monastery garden with oleander and citrus trees below a covered loggia
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A curved sandstone wall beside a cobbled path with a bench and shrubs, a building at the end
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