Tavronitis Holidays

Tavronitis Holidays – Isolated quiet feel yet close to Chania and its airport
A holiday in Tavronitis would suit couples and families looking for a quiet working Crete village with an uncrowded beach and the many possibilities of this stretch of coast near Chania Town and Chania airport to the south-west of Crete. Tavronitis is 10 miles from Chania and just a 20-minute drive from the airport.

Tavronitis Holidays – Plenty of quiet beach resorts nearby
Your Tavronitis holiday base is a real Crete village at the mouth of a small river with local bars and shops serving the villagers all year round. There are superb views from around the village down to the coast, the Rodopou Peninsular and to the White Mountains inland. The beach is an easy short stroll from the village centre. This can be one of the emptiest and quietest beaches in this stretch of coast west of Chania. Tavronitis beach is pebbly and very quiet indeed, a very relaxing place bordered by trees and with several relaxed tavernas by the sea. A few more facilities and tavernas are found at the neighbouring resort of Kolimbari a quiet calm village with relatively undeveloped, long, open beaches excellent for swimming, cliffs, typical white houses and flowers and a peaceful monastery. There are further relatively low-key resorts with good beaches on this part of the Crete coast like Gerani and Maleme.

Holidays in Tavronitis – Uncrowded village base for south and west Crete
Visitors to Tavronitis have the option of visiting the busy historic attractive town of Chania with its fascinating Venetian Old Town. All the attractions of Chania Town are within reach of regular buses as are plenty of other livelier resorts on the west coast of Crete.