Chania

  Tomorrow, the streets of Chania, Greece, will be filled with 3,000 Santa Clauses for the 2013  Santa Run event. The Santa Run is a charity event that raises money for children with health problems The volunteers of the Santa Run...

The first year of the annual "Santa Run" there were 400 Santa's. Last year ​​1,500 took part, but this year they hope to reach 3,000. This is the number of Santa Clauses who are estimated to set out on...

The 100th anniversary of Crete’s Union with Greece was celebrated yesterday with the hoisting of the Greek flag over the historic fortress Firka in the old port of Chania. Minister of Administrative Reform, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, represented the government and gave...

On Sunday morning in Crete, seismographs recorded two earthquakes simultaneously, in the south and west of the island, the biggest earthquake reaching up to 4.3 on the Richter scale. The first earthquake occurred in the southwest of Chania, with...

There are many ways to advertise the beauty and culture of Greece. We just need a bit of patience and imagination! Proof of that is the video “Chania: A Journey through the Countryside,” that recently won three awards at...

Tourism representatives and entrepreneurs from Shanghai, who specialize in promoting wedding tourism packages for couples from China, accompanied by the President of the Hotel Association of Chania, Manolis Giannoulis, and tourism administration member for the Regional Unit of Chania,...

Weddings are among the most memorable events in life, and Greece is one of the top wedding destinations in the world. The view of the sea, the sandy beaches, the food, the weather, the scenery and the people, make...

The first race of the Cretan Union Cup kicks off today from Chania, at 13:00 local time, followed by Rethymno at 10:00 on Wednesday, October 16, then Heraklion at 10:00 on Friday, October 18; and finally Aghios Nikolaos at...

With more Chinese businesses eying opportunities in Greece, attention has turned to scooping up island properties and tourism, with the buyout of a luxury residential village, Vamos, in the area of Chania on Crete signed and sealed. The complex belonged...

A criminal gang had been trafficking great amounts of drugs in Chania, Crete the last five years, authorities said as they arrested 14 members, one of whom was the head of the gang, give “lieutenants” and eight dealers. According to...