Sights Towns and Villages ..in West Crete Paleochora, south west Crete
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Paleochora has crystal clear waters, well-organized beaches and beautiful isolated little anchorages. It is served by numerous hotels, restaurants, taverns, cafes, bars and nightclubs. Facilities in Paleochora include bank branches, a post office, a central telephone office, health centre, doctor's offices, dentists, pharmacies, police station, coast guard and customs office and many types of stores. Ferry boats connecting Paleochora with Sougia, Agia Roumeli, Loutro, Chora Sfakion and Gavdos dock in Paleochora. Paleochora is built on the ruins of the ancient city of Kalamydi. There are also many Byzantine churches in the area.
In 1834 an English traveler named Robert Pashley found the fort completely destroyed and the whole area without any inhabitants and with only a granary and one or two small buildings left. In 1866 the recolonization of Paleochora began. During the Battle of Crete during World War II, the town was the scene of fighting between motorcycle-riding troops of the German 95th Reconnaissance Battalion and the Eighth Greek Regiment (Provisional) with elements of the Cretan Gendarmerie. The general phase of urbanization that started in other parts of Greece in the 1960s, took place in the 1950s on the nearby island of Gavdos. During that period the islanders exchanged their land on Gavdos for ex-Turkish land on Crete, which had now become exchangeable through a state program. They created a community known as "Gavdiotika", in the 'old town' section of Paleochora.
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We found the bus service from Chania easy to use and quicker than we thought, really is no need to hire a car at all. On arrival in Paleochora we found our apartment easily (Ton Mari) and from there on in for 10 days never looked back!
The restaurants are lovely with Maria's being our favourite at night but all the others good too. We never paid more than €23 for our dinner with wine which I think is good value. We fell in love with the stoney beach and had lunch on most days at The Oriental Bay which had lovely daily specials and we rarely paid more than €14 with wine! Yes wine featured heavily but it was soooooo good and cheap at €3 for 1/2 litre!!!!
Everything you need is in Palechora, the supermarkets are very well stocked, the pharmacy's are good. There really is no reason to leave! There is a lovely buzz around the village at night but sleepy and relaxed during the day.
The wind was up and rocking during our stay which meant the sandy beach for us was out but we used the stoney beach and did not go back to sandy beach when wind dropped as we preferred it. The sandy beach is perfect though!
My OH found the gym in the Libyan Princess hotel more than adequate for his requirements and was able to use for €5 each visit for as long as needed.
All in all a great holiday destination and can now see why so many people go back year after year! Shame to let the rest of the world know about Palechora....!
Thanks to all for your assistance here and great information.
It’s a small town surrounded by daunting mountains and basking by the side of a crystal-clear sea. It has a long sandy beach on one side of the peninsula, and a little harbour on the other from which the ferry sails once a day, providing a vital link to otherwise isolated communities further along the coast. Small fishing boats set out in the evening to lay their nets and by early morning have been out to retrieve the night’s catch of fresh fish for the local restaurants. No high-life here, unless you count walking to the top of a local peak and back. No late-night clubbing with the resultant rowdy behaviour.
No unwanted noise at all in fact. Here you are immersed in the local community and you live by its conditions. There are plenty of pavement cafés, bars and restaurants at which to while away the evening in good company or to sit in the shade with a cold beer in the heat of the day. And lots of possibilities for walking-hiking in the countryside with just the occasional meeting with like-minded souls and a brief ‘hello’.
First of all you need a car in Crete, better to rent it in your country before arrival.
IMHO, small car is better because the roads in mountains are narrow,
also pay attention to the road signs they are not so friendly ( I don't use any GPS).
This time we stayed in a hotel near Chania in all included deal, but we used our rent car for travelling around.
The reason I am writing this post is my promise to small restaurant owner on Paleochora Beach, we enjoyed very good and simple fresh fish meal with good local wine, when we finished the meal I said to the restaurant owner that we loved the lunch very much and I want to write about it in my blog.
He answered with a smile: 'So you don't want to pay for the lunch?'
Disclosure: I paid for the lunch.
Georgia Ieronimaki- Patsouraki,
Paleochora
Tel 2823041550
e-mail: patsouris@ live.com
I like it there because you can people watch on the main street. would recommend this place to all that visit Paleochora
The seating is in a small garden (check your Greek and you will tie in the English version of the name) at the rear.
For what you pay and given the standard and the service this is a place which is well worth booking.
We have visited over a number of years and look forward each year to one of the evening highlights of our stay.
Last Visit September 2011
Whatever the situation, Paleochora has this undefinable fascination, this magnetic lure, that draws us back......and there is always a friendly welcome, e.g. the sun on your back plus a warm greeting from the owners at Areston Studios, either Haris himself, or from Scottish-born Flora, and from others in Paleochora.
Often it feels like 'coming home'.
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