Getting to Paleochora
Local bus: From Hania the journey takes 2
hours and costs around 6 euro
per single ticket. Times change during the year so it is best
to check the timetable on the bus company website, see hyperlink
below. The bus station in Hania is 15 km from the airport,
there are buses from the airport to the town, easier is to take a
taxi - cost 15 euro.
The journey from Herkalion is in 2 stages, first to Hania,
this takes about 3 hours. Buses leave every
half an hour from early morning until around 7pm. You then need
to take another bus departing Hania for Paleochora, buying
the ticket in Heraklion for the entire journey is helpful
as it may save time waiting in a queue.
For up to date information about bus times the KTEL telephone number
- [00 30] 28210 93052 or website www.ktel.org
Taxi: From Hania takes about 11/2 hours and
costs 65
euro each way. From Heraklion the journey is around 3 hours
and one way costs 140 euro.
These are are 2006 prices from our local taxi office (elsewhere
it could be more), you can make your advance reservations at
- SPIROS-TAXI@mailbox.gr
Car Hire: Some useful offices to check
out for availablility and prices:
Paleochora - 'Sabine' ermiscar@chania-cci.gr tel
[0030] 28230 42105 & 'Notos' Email:
notosgr@yahoo.gr
Tel:
[00 30] 28230 42110 (office) and 28230 42005 (home)
Hania 'Kydon' europrent@europrent.gr tel
[00 30] 28210 27810 & Flisvos www.flisvos.com
Heraklion 'Car Line' tel [00 30] 2810 229 422 & Poulios
Travel [00 30] 2810 227 757 poulios@her.forthnet.gr
Ferries on the South coast check
here for the current time-table
Finding us in
Paleochora
We are located by the sea front on the
eastern side of the village. Please click on the map
to see the exact location. To help you find your
accommodation it's a good idea to print out the map and
take it with you, especially if you are driving into
town.
Please note that the 2 main
roads are closed May - October after 7pm so it is useful
to have some advance idea of the best route to take................
upon entering the town - turn right when you come
to the road closed sign, just past the BP filling station. Follow
this narrow road all the way along until the end, turn
left and go across the crossroads and down to the port
where you turn right and go past the Caravella Restaurant. We
are easily found along this road.
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In and Around Paleochora
Once in Paleochora there are a number of excursions you may
enjoy taking and the following are just a guide.
For more information and prices click here.
Boats trips
* to the turquoise lagoons and pink coral beaches of Elafonissi
* further along the coast to the villages of Sougia, Agia
Roumeli (the bottom of the Samaria Gorge) Loutro and Chora Sfakion
* to the island of Gavdos
* in the evening 'Dolphin Spotting'
* to Domata Beach, inaccessible other than by boat
Bus Trips
There are organised trips, with a guide to set you safely on
your way, to the Samaria (18km) and the Agia Irini (8km) Gorges,
with the return by boat. It is also possible to take the local
bus at 6am to the top of either Gorge and then buy your own boat
ticket.
There are also trips :
* to the Water Park near Hania *Gramvoussa *
Foto Safari .......... more may be advertised locally
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This is a good area for walkers and a useful book written
by Bob and Lynne Tait : 'Ten Walks around Paleochora'
(12 euro) may be purchased in the local bookstore, Delphini ................
also a follow up to their best seller - 'More walks around Paleochora' (13
euro)
New Diving School - 'Aqua
Creta' has opened in recent years and many of our guests
have reported back to us that they have had wonderful diving
experiences and excellent teaching, check it out for yourself - www.aquacreta.gr
Beaches - all are clean and safe. Most have
sunbeds, umbrellas and showers although there are areas, easily
accessible from Paleochora, without these conveniences where
you can feel yourself to be away from the 'crowds'. Either by
car or on foot, on the main sandy beach, the pebble beach or
out of town east and west you can discover beaches or areas on
the beaches to make your own. In fact even in mid-summer it does
not become overly crowded anywhere. Snorkelling, especially around
the rocky places, is fun and can be rewarding - we have heard
from friends who spotted, and were swimming beside, a turtle.
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Paleochora itself is a pleasant all-year-round town with a steady
population of around 2,000. There are most facilities - doctors,
dentists and a paediatrician; a post office, telphone kiosks,
chemists, supermarkets, banks and ATM's. Money can be changed
at the travel offices day and night or at the banks until 2pm
Mon - Fri.
For eating out there are an abundance of cafes and restaurants
offering a great selection of local dishes and fresh fish, some
great pizza places with fresh made dough and cooked in a traditional
olive wood oven. Bars and the two open air clubs are open well
into the night, if not the morning, so revellers are well catered
for. When it comes time to buy presents, for yourself or friends
and family, the gift shops with jewellrey, clothes, ceramics,
olive oil, soaps, organic produce, traditional woven items etc.,
should give you enough choice, maybe leaving you with the problem
as to how you will carry them all home.....!
For more information about Paleochora and the surrounding area
check out our suggestions on the Links page.
