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Aliki's city walk- 'Chania'

Aliki’s city walk- ‘Chania’

€8,30

About the Tour – You’ll have a chance to:

  • Learn about the traditional long Cretan leather boots known as ‘stivania’.

  • Get a look inside in a Ottoman Hammam, which they used on a daily basis for their purification.

  • Get to know that Chania has been inhabited for over 6,000 years by Neolithic people, the Minoans, Mycenaeans, Dorians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Venetians, Ottoman Turks and the Germans during World War II.

  • Have a look at the Firkas fortress which is next to the Naval museum, the red impressive building on the end of the harbour.

  • Be amazed by the fact that the Grand Arsenal was later a Christian school and a public hospital and even the City Hall from 1828 until 1941.

 

On this 1,5 to 2 hour tour you ‘ll get to know the old town of Chania in a pleasant way. Aliki’s voice will inform you at the right moment and on the right spot. But… you are still free to make your own choices.

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Chania’s Turbulent History: A Tour of the Old Town

One more time – the highlights of City Walk ‘Chania’:

  • discover Chania’s remarkable architecture of the lighthouse, churches, mosques and shipyards
  • and the old town’s well preserved houses
  • you can visit the Maritime museum on Akti Kountourioti street
  • Extensive information on the legend behind the Cathedral of Chania
  • A historical overview of the cultural history of Chania in the archeological museum
  • The history of Chania’s Jews
  • The Venetian families that were powerful here, like the Renieri, Delfino and Colombo
  • How Felice Napoleone Canevaro, Dominikos Theotokopoulos and Ioannis Daskalogiannis shaped the city
  • The ancient city of Kydonia
route 42 shows the constructions to make raisins
the wood carving museum in the village of Axos
route 42 margarites brings you along the melidoni cave

And all of this also with the unique Routaki system. While you’re walking, your own smartphone ‘tells’ you various things via the RAGiF’s. These Routaki Audio Guide info Files provide you with interesting information about things you encounter along the way or general points of interest about Crete.

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