magine yourself rapt into the world of the pure nature. Imagine a sun-washed paradise offering enough sensual delights to fulfil anyone's fantasies. Imagine yourself by the warm turquoise sea, on wonderous beaches. Imagine yourself in preety fishing villages under the starlit sky, drinking and dreaming.

		magine the high mountains and the deep ravines. Imagine fertile valleys, uncannily plateaus, strange caves, incredible rock formations, a unique plantation and animal species unseen elsewhere. Imagine yourself into the world of pleasure. Imagine your mind relaxed and your body free of doing anything it likes. Yes, you are in Chania Prefecture!

nd within this beauty, are the local people. Ultimately it is from the people that Chania Prefecture derives its unique flavour. Hospitable, fun-loving and easy going, they possess a rare tolerance which gives to the Prefecture of Chania a real sense of freedom.

		hatever your interests, you will find in the Prefecture of Chania a unique land, a place of kaleidoscopic wonders. Here is a magic place where possibilities are limited only by the imagination! You will become so attached to this land, to these people that you want to go back again and again from your very first visit to Chania... Don't miss a minute to make your dream come alive!...

Photos and text taken from "Crete - today and yesterday" and "Crete - A tour of all the towns and villages" (Toubis Editions)