A day in Χανια

Sunday, 29th September, 2019.

Χανια or Chania (pronounced something like Hanya) is the second city of Crete, noted for its Venetian harbour, old port and magical narrow shopping streets.

This striking sculpture, erected in 1990, is known locally as "The Monument of the Hand".  It is a memorial to victims of the 1966 SS Heraklion ferry disaster. The ferry sank between Hania and Piraeus in 1966 with an unknown loss of life - records suggest around 200 people drowned, although the figure could be higher.  

Images of Chania:

We had lunch in a building which had been an old bath house.  We are sitting in the sunken bit which had been the bath.

These buildings with pointed roofs were the old Venetian boat sheds.

 The mountains in the distance have snow on them in summer.