The Venetian walls
Guide
Photo: C messier · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeWalkAllow 30–60 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
Long stretches of the old town's thick stone walls and the moat, best on the west side around the Schiavo bastion, with views over the rooftops.
A brief history
Venice rebuilt the walls in the 1500s against Ottoman attack; Chania still fell after a two-month siege in 1645.
Tips
- Best time
- Late afternoon, on the way to Nea Chora
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 30–60 min
- Free days
- Always free
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Good to know
- Area
- The old town: The lanes and churches inside the walls, the old Jewish quarter and the market hall, with simple rooms and a few hostels.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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