Guidebook for Kounoupidiana
Food Scene
A family tavern with traditional home cooked food and very good prices. The tavern is at village Chorafakia, close to Kalathas and Tersanas beach, 6 km from my house.
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Taverna Irene
A family tavern with traditional home cooked food and very good prices. The tavern is at village Chorafakia, close to Kalathas and Tersanas beach, 6 km from my house.
Family restaurant with variety of local dishes. The resaurant is at Kounoupidiana area at Eleftherios Venizelos street, 1,5 km from my house.
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BOURAKIS RESTAURANT
Eparchiaki Odos Profiti Ilia-Monis Agias TriadosFamily restaurant with variety of local dishes. The resaurant is at Kounoupidiana area at Eleftherios Venizelos street, 1,5 km from my house.
Α local tavern specialized in grilled meat. The tavern is at Kounoupidiana, 1,5 km from my house.
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Mitsos
Agion PantonΑ local tavern specialized in grilled meat. The tavern is at Kounoupidiana, 1,5 km from my house.
Beautiful panoramic view of the town and amazing sunset. Their most popular sweet is “zoumero”, a chocolate cake with liquid hot chocolate all over it, which should be definitely tasted. The portions is big enough so one cake can be shared by 2 persons. Koukouvaya cafe is at Alexi Minoti 1 street, 2 km from my house.
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Koukouvaya
Beautiful panoramic view of the town and amazing sunset. Their most popular sweet is “zoumero”, a chocolate cake with liquid hot chocolate all over it, which should be definitely tasted. The portions is big enough so one cake can be shared by 2 persons. Koukouvaya cafe is at Alexi Minoti 1 street, 2 km from my house.
If you want something fast, cheap and tasty giannis souvlaki is a very good choise. The place is at kounoupidiana, at Aristotelous 8 street, 1 km from my house.
Flavors Of Gianni
1 AristotelousIf you want something fast, cheap and tasty giannis souvlaki is a very good choise. The place is at kounoupidiana, at Aristotelous 8 street, 1 km from my house.
A fish tavern with variery of dishes and very nice view of Souda bay. The tavern is at Vlites area at Akrotiriou 32, 4 km from my place.
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Pyropháni
21 AkrotiriouA fish tavern with variery of dishes and very nice view of Souda bay. The tavern is at Vlites area at Akrotiriou 32, 4 km from my place.
Sightseeing
Kalathas beach is a large sandy beach with organized services (sunbeds, umbrellas, water sports etc.) that has been awarded the Blue Flag. The beach is known for the island that is located 200m away from the coast and is easily accessible by the swimmers.
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Kalathas
Kalathas beach is a large sandy beach with organized services (sunbeds, umbrellas, water sports etc.) that has been awarded the Blue Flag. The beach is known for the island that is located 200m away from the coast and is easily accessible by the swimmers.
Loutraki beach is a waveless beach and is situated in a wonderful bay with crystal blue water and fine sand and is organized with umbrellas and sunbeds. It is very popular for local people – especially for young people – and for those that prefer an unusual beach.
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Loutraki Beach
Loutraki beach is a waveless beach and is situated in a wonderful bay with crystal blue water and fine sand and is organized with umbrellas and sunbeds. It is very popular for local people – especially for young people – and for those that prefer an unusual beach.
Marathi is one of the beaches in Chania that has been awarded Blue Flag. The sandy beach, in combination with shallow water and the protection from meltemi wind, due to the location of the beach, is ideal for families and children. The beach is well organized providing visitors food and drink as well as swimming facilities (umbrellas, sunbeds, showers etc.) and lifeguard services. The beach includes infrastructure for disabled persons.
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Marathi Beach
Marathi is one of the beaches in Chania that has been awarded Blue Flag. The sandy beach, in combination with shallow water and the protection from meltemi wind, due to the location of the beach, is ideal for families and children. The beach is well organized providing visitors food and drink as well as swimming facilities (umbrellas, sunbeds, showers etc.) and lifeguard services. The beach includes infrastructure for disabled persons.
Falassarna Beach has won prizes for being the most beautiful beach in Crete and is always one of the top ten beaches in Europe, with its wonderful, fine white sand and warm, crystal-clear water.
The beach of Pachia Ammos is so big that it rarely feels overcrowded even in high summer, when you are surrounded by hundreds of people.
The only drawback is that the beach is exposed to northerly and westerly winds, so there are often large waves. This, of course, makes it all the more attractive to windsurfers.
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Playa de Falassarna
Falassarna Beach has won prizes for being the most beautiful beach in Crete and is always one of the top ten beaches in Europe, with its wonderful, fine white sand and warm, crystal-clear water.
The beach of Pachia Ammos is so big that it rarely feels overcrowded even in high summer, when you are surrounded by hundreds of people.
The only drawback is that the beach is exposed to northerly and westerly winds, so there are often large waves. This, of course, makes it all the more attractive to windsurfers.
Paleochora's wider area has crystal clear waters, well organised beaches, and beautiful isolated small anchorages.
Paleochora is ideal for all sorts of holiday, especially those involving outdoor activities such as swimming, windsurfing, fishing, scuba diving and hiking.
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Paleochora Safari
Paleochora's wider area has crystal clear waters, well organised beaches, and beautiful isolated small anchorages.
Paleochora is ideal for all sorts of holiday, especially those involving outdoor activities such as swimming, windsurfing, fishing, scuba diving and hiking.
A favorite destination for hippies in the 70s', today it is a perfect choice for peaceful holidays in a beautiful landscape with all the basic amenities provided.
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Sougia Beach
Epar.Od. Chanion - SougiasA favorite destination for hippies in the 70s', today it is a perfect choice for peaceful holidays in a beautiful landscape with all the basic amenities provided.
It has nice view from above, it takes a 10 min walk in nature, it's not an organised beach so it keeps its original beauty, it's small and different than other beaches.
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Playa Seitan Limania
It has nice view from above, it takes a 10 min walk in nature, it's not an organised beach so it keeps its original beauty, it's small and different than other beaches.
The Monastery of Agia Triada has a distinctive façade with Doric columns, but the elements of Renaissance architecture remind us that the monastery was built by the Cretan monks Ieremias and Lavrentios, of the Venetian Orthodox Tzagarolos family.
Tzagarolon Monastery is a Patriarchal - Stavropegiac monastery. It is now one of the most important monasteries in Crete, with huge influence on education in the island.
Opening hours: 8 a.m. to sunset
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Agia Triada Monastery
ΑκροτήριThe Monastery of Agia Triada has a distinctive façade with Doric columns, but the elements of Renaissance architecture remind us that the monastery was built by the Cretan monks Ieremias and Lavrentios, of the Venetian Orthodox Tzagarolos family.
Tzagarolon Monastery is a Patriarchal - Stavropegiac monastery. It is now one of the most important monasteries in Crete, with huge influence on education in the island.
Opening hours: 8 a.m. to sunset
Gouverneto Monastery resembles a castle, with towers which served to defend it from raiders. The outside of the monastery in particular reveals strong Venetian influences: it looks like a Venetian fortress, measuring 40 m x 50 m, with 50 monks’ cells on two floors, a tower in each of the four corners, and special embrasures or loopholes in the walls. Only two of the towers are preserved today, but you can see the remains of the other two from the courtyard.
The monastery is officially closed on Wednesdays and Fridays. It is open 09:00 -12:00 and 17:00 - 19:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 09:00 - 11:00 and 17:00 - 20:00 on Saturdays and Sundays.
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Monasterio de Gouverneto
Gouverneto Monastery resembles a castle, with towers which served to defend it from raiders. The outside of the monastery in particular reveals strong Venetian influences: it looks like a Venetian fortress, measuring 40 m x 50 m, with 50 monks’ cells on two floors, a tower in each of the four corners, and special embrasures or loopholes in the walls. Only two of the towers are preserved today, but you can see the remains of the other two from the courtyard.
The monastery is officially closed on Wednesdays and Fridays. It is open 09:00 -12:00 and 17:00 - 19:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 09:00 - 11:00 and 17:00 - 20:00 on Saturdays and Sundays.
Stavros is a sandy beach inside a protected bay. Ideal for snorkeling and spearfishing.
The famous movie "Zorba the Greek" was filmed at Stavros.
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Playa Stavros
Stavros is a sandy beach inside a protected bay. Ideal for snorkeling and spearfishing.
The famous movie "Zorba the Greek" was filmed at Stavros.
Exotic beaches with white sand and turquoise waters, reminding of the Caribbean, are formed on either sides of the peninsula. The sand is pinkish in many places, taking its color from thousands of broken shells.
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Elafonissi Beach
Exotic beaches with white sand and turquoise waters, reminding of the Caribbean, are formed on either sides of the peninsula. The sand is pinkish in many places, taking its color from thousands of broken shells.
Parks & Nature
Tersanas beach is a natural port well hidden in the regional bay. A sandy beach, with fine white sand and shallow crystal clear water. It is not a long beach, so it is usually quite crowded especially on weekends. The beach is organized and there are places to buy food and drinks. The quiet water and the close distance from the city center make Tersanas beach an ideal choice for family holidays.
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Paralia Tersanas
Tersanas beach is a natural port well hidden in the regional bay. A sandy beach, with fine white sand and shallow crystal clear water. It is not a long beach, so it is usually quite crowded especially on weekends. The beach is organized and there are places to buy food and drinks. The quiet water and the close distance from the city center make Tersanas beach an ideal choice for family holidays.
Kedrodasos beach is filled with juniper trees that look like cedars, and dunes that remind the tropical beaches of Lebanon.
There is no infrastructure nearby and that is why this isolated beach is one of the last unspoiled paradises in Europe.
The beach is protected from the winds that usually blow on neighboring Elaphonissi
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Kedrodasos Beach
Kedrodasos beach is filled with juniper trees that look like cedars, and dunes that remind the tropical beaches of Lebanon.
There is no infrastructure nearby and that is why this isolated beach is one of the last unspoiled paradises in Europe.
The beach is protected from the winds that usually blow on neighboring Elaphonissi
The lagoon of Balos has white sand and exotic white, vivid blue and turquoise waters. The sea is very shallow and warm, ideal for young children. In many places the sand has a lovely pinkish color, because of millions of crushed shells. Beyond the rocks at the boundaries of the lagoon, the water is deeper and colder, ideal for a snorkeling.
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Playa Balos
The lagoon of Balos has white sand and exotic white, vivid blue and turquoise waters. The sea is very shallow and warm, ideal for young children. In many places the sand has a lovely pinkish color, because of millions of crushed shells. Beyond the rocks at the boundaries of the lagoon, the water is deeper and colder, ideal for a snorkeling.