Travel Blog Greece

The Samaria Gorge is a National Park of Greece since 1962 – a major tourist attraction of the island – and a World's Biosphere Reserve.

Lake Kourna (or Lake Kournas or Koresia Lake) is the only fresh-water lake in Crete, situated at the borders of Chania and Rethymno.

Frangokastello is a castle (and also a small settlement and beach), 12 km east from Sfakia village at the south coast of Chania Crete.

Manos Katrakis, born in Kissamos Chania Crete, was a famous Greek actor of the 20th century.

Lefka Ori (White Mountains) is a mountain range located in West Crete, in the area of Chania.

The Archaeological Museum of Chania, built in 1962, is hosted in the former Venetian Monastery of Saint Francis at Chania city.