Chania city is quite unique because it’s been influenced by many cultures over the centuries. From Roman king Kidon to rulers of Byzantine Empire, from Venetian royalties to Turkish conquerors. You can see here wonderful palaces, paved streets, defensive forts. Every building here reminds of a difficult yet so interesting fate of Chania. We’ll walk to Old Market, which is considered one of the best in Europe. The saying “Greece has everything” turns out to be true here. Local produce, honey, tea and coffee, seafood and fish. Find something unique here to take home as a memory or as a gift. Don’t forget about its food court! It’s huge and it offers all the best traditional dishes.

Our next stop is Chrissopigi monastery, one of the most famous nunneries in Greece today. It was intended as male monastery when it was founded in the 16th century, However, during many centuries Crete struggled with occupations and conquests, the monastery suffered as well and was finally destroyed in 1821 during the Revolution. In 1976, the first three nuns of today's fraternity returned to the monastery to rebuild it and restore all the historical heirlooms. Nowadays, nuns are involved in doing embroidery, preservation of old books and icons, bookbinding, book publishing, apiculture, candle making, production of incense and soap, etc.