Chania, Crete, Greece

I will be spending 10 days in Chania at the end of May. Does anyone
have a recommendation for a nice, reasonably priced, place to stay?

Thank you,

John

I read this thread with interest thanks, as I will be doing this walk on
wednesday next week. I will have no problems hopefully. A pal already over
there will be booking a coach trip, but its from the western side of the
Island at Sisi. How long does said journey take and where do you meet the
coach. Cheers. Kev

"Kevin Howell" <orthodontic@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4472342a$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>I read this thread with interest thanks, as I will be doing this walk on
>wednesday next week. I will have no problems hopefully. A pal already over
>there will be booking a coach trip, but its from the western side of the
>Island at Sisi. How long does said journey take and where do you meet the
>coach. Cheers. Kev

Sorry, I only just realised that you were staying in Sisi (or Sissi), not in
Chania. Sissi is very much on the Eastern side of Crete, and Samaria Gorge
is around the middle of the Western side.

In that case, I should definitely make an adventure out of it.

Take the bus to Heraklion, take another bus to Chania, and spend the evening
and night there. Next day do the walk, and stay in Paleochora. Then go back
to Sissi via Chania and Heraklion. The bus service in Crete is really good;
you can usually set your watch by departures; seriously.

Bit of a trek, but you do see a really rather different part of Crete.
That's definitely what I would do, even as I approach my mid-fifties
rapidly. You get to see quite a lot of Crete on your own, without the
hindrance of a perpetually chattering tour guide :o)

HTH, Henry.

Cheers Henry.... I am more looking forward to Crete now, after reading your
advice. If my friends are not able to book from Irakleon I will do it myself
from Chania (2nd week of my hols) alone as they are only there for a week.
I am having a two centre stay where as they are having 1. Cheers Kev.
"Henry Hooray" <yri6tus02@sneakeLEAVETHISOUTmail.com> wrote in message
news:4djdr0F1b5j48U1@...
> "Kevin Howell" <orthodontic@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4472342a$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>>I read this thread with interest thanks, as I will be doing this walk on
>>wednesday next week. I will have no problems hopefully. A pal already over
>>there will be booking a coach trip, but its from the western side of the
>>Island at Sisi. How long does said journey take and where do you meet the
>>coach. Cheers. Kev
>
> Sorry, I only just realised that you were staying in Sisi (or Sissi), not
> in Chania. Sissi is very much on the Eastern side of Crete, and Samaria
> Gorge is around the middle of the Western side.
>
> In that case, I should definitely make an adventure out of it.
>
> Take the bus to Heraklion, take another bus to Chania, and spend the
> evening and night there. Next day do the walk, and stay in Paleochora.
> Then go back to Sissi via Chania and Heraklion. The bus service in Crete
> is really good; you can usually set your watch by departures; seriously.
>
> Bit of a trek, but you do see a really rather different part of Crete.
> That's definitely what I would do, even as I approach my mid-fifties
> rapidly. You get to see quite a lot of Crete on your own, without the
> hindrance of a perpetually chattering tour guide :o)
>
> HTH, Henry.
>

"Alexander Arnakis" <invalid@address.none> wrote in message
news:n70a72l88lfi5dc5j79o2r4p2ldltin46c@...
> On Wed, 24 May 2006 09:13:17 +0100, "Henry Hooray"
> <yri6tus02@sneakeLEAVETHISOUTmail.com> wrote:
>
>><snipped>.... You should obviously enjoy the walk, admire the
>>scenery, look out for the kri-kri, study the little deserted village and
>>church of Samaria (usually pronounced with the emphasis on the 'ri'-bit, I
>>believe, not on 'ma'), the tall thin rock walls you be walking between
>>briefly.
>>
> Samaria is pronounced as three syllables: Sa-mar-ya, with the stress
> on the last syllable.

Thanks - and that leads me to another Q: I imagine that Samaria is another
form of Aghia Maria. Do you know if this is true, and if so, why change from
Aghia to Saint?

TIA, Henry.