Car Rental in Chania

The popular tourist destination of Chania is located on the northwest side of Crete, and is the second largest city on the island after Heraklion. Chania is one of the most beautiful cities of Greece, attracting thousands of tourists every year, combining incredible natural beauty, great history and an important cultural tradition.

It is distinguished in the old and new city, which coexist harmoniously. The old town of Chania is the gem of this city, with its picturesque narrow streets, the well-preserved buildings, the Fortress of Firka, the Kasteli hill, the Venetian Harbor with its impressive Faro, surrounded by Venetian fortifications, and all those elements that give a magnificent and unique picture for the city.

There are many important places in Chania, which someone is worth visiting. The Archaeological Museum, the Maritime Museum, the Municipal Art Gallery, the Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Collection of Chania housed in the Monastery of San Salvatore, the Splantzia district, the Municipal Market, the place Neoria, are places of particular interest for every tourist – visitor. You can hire a vehicle, exploring the new city and go to the districts of Koum Kapi and Halepa, and at the Venizelos Tombs where you will enjoy panoramic views overlooking towards the city, the Cretan Sea and the White Mountains.

Chania and the wider region offer tourist accommodation of all categories in reasonable prices, ensuring you a comfortable and beautiful stay. Also there are many and varied restaurants, traditional taverns, fish taverns, cafes and bars, enjoying your food or beverage. The city has everything like pharmacies, clinics, fast food, shopping and tourist shops, banks etc. There are also areas that sell exclusively products of Cretan tradition, such as the “Stivanadika” where you will find leather goods and the traditional Cretan shoes “Stivania”, and the “Machairadika”, where knives engraved with mantinades and other types of Cretan tradition and folk art are sold.

Starting from Chania, you can explore, with a renting car, exceptional and popular beaches such as Agia Marina, Stalos and Platanias or other more family beaches like Kounoupidiana and Kalathas. In addition, you can take excursions to exotic places such as Balos, the Falasairna and Elafonissi, or head to the imposing Samaria Gorge.