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The mosque of Giáli Tzamí on
the water's edge in the
outer harbour, Haniá

1 Naval Museum
" ⌂ Fort Firkás, Aktí
HANIÁ Koundourióti # 16 Apr–31
Oct: 9am–5pm Mon–Sat,
hols ∑ mar-mus-crete.gr
XΑΝΙΑ 10am–6pm Sun ¢ Main public
k 16 km (10 miles) E of Haniá g Soúda bay @ Kydonías
(long distance), Platía Agorás (local) n Kriári 40; 2 =
www.chania.eu The Market and
Set against a spectacular backdrop of majestic the Stivanádika
mountains and aquamarine seas, Haniá is one of the Connected to the harbour by
island’s most appealing cities and a good base from Hálidon road, this covered
which to explore western Crete. The city’s stately Neo- market sells local fruit and
vegetables and Cretan
Classical mansions and Venetian fortifications testify souvenirs. Along side the
to its turbulent and diverse past: once a Minoan settle- market, the bustling Skrýdlof,
ment, Haniá has been fought over and controlled by or Stivanádika, has shops sell-
groups from the Romans to the Germans. ing leather goods, including 0 metres 200 N
Cretan boots (stivánia) and Museum of Ancient and
1 after. Its famous dome is made-to-measure sandals. 0 yards 200 Lighthouse Traditional Shipbuilding
particularly atmospheric at
The Harbour dusk. Behind the mosque The Harbour Inner Harbour
Most of the city’s interesting rises the hilltop quarter of Byzantine Fort Firkás
sights are in the old Venetian Kastélli, the oldest part of 3 " Collection PLATIA AKTI ENOSEOS SARPIDONA
quarter, around the harbour the city, where the Minoan Archaeological TOPANAS Naval AKTI TOMBAZI KATEHAKI
Museum
and surrounding alleyways. settlement of Kydonia is being Museum ANGELOU KALERGON
At the northwest point of excavated. The site, closed ⌂ Hálidon 21 § 28210 KASTÉLLI AG. MARKOU ARHOLEON DEDALOU I K A RO U
the outer harbour, the Naval to the public but visible from 90334 # Apr–Oct: 8am– THEOTOKOPOULOU Giáli The Splántzia
Museum’s collection of model the road, is approached along 8pm daily; Nov–Mar: AKTI KOUND O U RIOTOU Tzamí LITHINON K A NE VARO Quarter M I N O O S AKTI MIAOU LI
ships and maritime artifacts is Líthinon. Many of the finds 8:30am–3pm Tue–Sun APOSTOLIDOU SI FAK A Ágios VOURDOUBA K I P R O U
PLATIA
displayed in the well-restored are on display in the city’s ¢ Main public hols P I R E O S Tamam ZAMBELIOU SINDRIVANI K A R AO LI Rókkos PLATIA Ágios Nikólaos
1821
Venetian Fort Firkás. On the Archaeological Museum. To Magazaki Archaeological Well of M ELI D ONI O U
other side of the harbour, the By the inner harbour stand Near Stivanádika in the former 1 km (0.6 miles) SKUFON SARPAKI D A S K KOURMOULI
IAKOVOU
Giáli Tzamí (Shore Mosque) the now derelict 16th-century church of San Francesco is the Etz Hayyim KONDYLAKI Museum EPISKOPOU HRISANTHOU P OTI E N . E P I S K O P O U
Synagogue
dates back to the arrival of Venetian dockyards, where Archaeo logical Museum. It PATRIARCHOU Cathedral EPISKOPOU DOROTHEOU DA L IA N I the Turk A L O Y I A N N I S NI KO FOROU FO K A
the Turks in 1645 and is the ships were repaired. The displays artifacts from western GERASIMOU EVREÍKA B E TO LO TS O UD ERON Minaret
island’s oldest Ottoman Venetian light house, at the Crete; most notably, a collec- GERASIMOU PARDALI M E L E T I O U M E TA X A K I
building. It was damaged in end of the sea wall, offers tion of Minoan clay tablets MELETIOU Schiavo H ALI DO N Stivanádika VENIZELOU EL V EN I Z ELO U
PLATIA S.
PIGA
World War II and rebuilt soon superb views over Haniá. inscribed with Linear A script. P I R E O S Bastion Market
Y IA N AR I PAPANDREOU T R I K O U P I
252 Ágii Apostóli Beaches KR I A R I Historical Museum
600 m (650 yd)
3 km (2 miles)
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