• The Beaches of Chania

There are numerous great beaches within Chania Municipality and east and west of the city.
West of the city you will enjoy Nea Chora Beach, 1 km west of the city center, Chrissi Akti Beach-the Golden Beach, 4 km from the city center, Agii Apostolli and Kalamaki Beach (5 km), Stalos Beach (8 km), and the famous Agia Marina beach (10 km).
East of Chania, enjoy the Marathi bay beach, 18 km from Chania on the northern coast of the Akrotiri peninsula.
Northeast of Chania you will find Agios Onoufrios beach and Kalathas beach, 10 km north of Chania, and the sandy Stavros beach at Akrotiri, 16 km from the city, where Anthony Quinn danced in the 1964 film ‘Zorba the Greek’.
Further away west of Chania, there are some famous and beautiful beaches such as Kissamos Beaches, Falasarna Beaches, Limeniskos beach, Balos Lagoon Beach, Gramvousa Island Beach, and Elafonissi Beach.

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