The typical traveler probably has a postcard image of Chania in their mind. It’s a scene filled with the Venetian style buildings perched on the Old Harbour waterfront, the Lighthouse, and romantic dimly lit restaurants overlooking the Cretan Sea. And it’s all very true, but that’s also the honeymooner tourist-favorite

From promontories overlooking the sea and mountain ridges dominating valleys, the intriguing ruins of the Venetian castles in Chania immerse in the rugged Cretan landscape. Each monument has its own mysterious legend, its own controversial and compelling tales, many coming down to us almost intact but their allure derives from