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Location

The Leoniki Hotels are in Short portrait of the coastal village of Platanias in Crete Platanias, one of the hotel suburbs of Short portrait of the port town of Rethymnon on the island of Crete Rethymnon on the island of CretaNet: Collection of short portraits of Cretan cities and villages Crete, on a joint property 100 meters from the mile-long sandy beach and 5 kms east of the City.

During the season at daytime every 30 minutes public bus service to the town and once per hour to Iraklion (80 kms) and Short portrait of the port town of Hania on the island of Crete Hania (64 kms).

Iraklion airport is 85 kms away, Hania airport 69 kms.
 
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With respect to the National Road's winding character, transfer times from and to the airports must not be underestimated.

A list of airlines and charter companies is available here here.
 


 
 
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Rethymnon

on Crete's north coast is the capital of the governmental district of the same name. It ranks as the island's cultural center and gives home to several museums, to the philosopical branch of the University of Crete, and other facilities.

The town's landmark is the Fortezza, a fortress from the Venetian period (1211 - 1646), standing on an exposed rock that reaches into the bay.
 
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Further inland, the Venetian Old Town attaches to the fortress. In it's crooked lanes there are unnumbered small shops, arts and crafts workshops, restful bars, and restaurants of varied cuisine.

The Turkish occupation (1646 - 1898) affected the townscape as well. The typically Turkish bay-windows were mounted to many houses in the old town, and up to the present day several minarets show the mosques' locations.
 
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Right below the fortress there is the picturesque Venetian Port which is framed by the modern port's piers. The ferry boat from Piraeus however does not anchor here anymore as since 2006, there is an even more modern port East of the old one, which now also includes a marina.

Every Thursday, the eastern pier also hosts the legendary weekly market of Rethymnon. During the years before, the place changed several times but that could not impair the colourful buzzle at all.
 
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Once per year the city changes into the scene of a carnival procession, a tradition from the Venetian era. Else, a comparible institution in Greece only exists in the town of Patras on the Peloponnes peninsula.

Further eastward, the coast changes into a beach of 15 kms length. The small villages along the bay changed into hotel suburbs providing most varied types of hotels, apartment facilities and holiday villas, and each of them developed it's own unique flair.
 
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Text by Ingo H. Dietrich
Photos by Sabine Klingsporn, Ingo H. Dietrich & Holger Nordhoff

 

Location

Sandy beach     ul   150 meters
Shops     ul  
Bank office / ATM machine     ul   300 meters
Post office     ul   4 kms
Nearest town     ul   Rethymnon - 5 kms
Public bus     ul   every 30 minutes
Airport     ul   HER Iraklion - 85 kms
CHQ Hania - 69 kms
Doctor's office     ul   150 meters
Pharmacy     ul   1 km
Hairdresser     ul   250 meters

ul  included
   
ul  available


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Platanias
GR-74100 Rethymnon
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