Chania home for sale

Upon entrance, to the ground floor, which is entirely made out of stone, one is first led to an open plan are which includes the living room which is fitted with a fireplace, as well as the dining area and it most lovely kitchen, waiting to host some creations for family and friends. That room is also equipped with a bathroom which is fitted with a bathtub.

From there a staircase of 18 steps shows you the way to the 1st floor, where the 2 bedrooms of the house are located. One of which has access to a balcony for those that love to unwind with a glass of wine or a book before bed, while there is another one, which is currently being used as an office but is originally a bedroom. That floor is also armed with a bathroom as well.

From there a second staircase of 18 steps, takes you higher to the 2nd floor where one will find the fourth bedroom this house provides, which is armed with its own sizeable balcony, that provides exquisite views of the sea, as well as the city of Chania, and is inviting you to daydream with your feet up , while the romance of the city is spread out to the atmosphere.

Among all the other facilities the house provides air conditioning in all the rooms as well as a solar power boiler, and central heating.

The prefecture of Chania is the westernmost division of the island of Crete covering an area of 2376 square km and with a population of 150,387 residents (census 2001).

The prefecture of Rethymno forms its eastern border while the warm waters of the Mediterranean, the Cretan Sea on the north, and the Liviko Sea on the south, lap a remaining area of 350 square km of seashore on its three other sides. The majestic White mountain range or Madares with its dozens of peaks, the tallest of all being Pahnes (2454 metres), constitutes the backbone of the prefecture.

The range spans west to east and vanishes close to the prefecture of Rethymno, having formed many plateaus such as Omalos (altitude 1080 metres) and Askifou (altitude 730 metres) and having been divided by wild gorges and ravines of exceptional beauty like that of Agia Irene, Samaria, Arathena, Imbrou and many more along the way. It generously allows a big fertile plain to unfold in the north, fertilizing it with its abundant water sources which transform into life-giving rivers, its biggest being Platanias (ancient Iardano) and Kiliaris.

The plains of Kisamos, Chania, Armeni and Georgioupolis end up in the densely populated and touristically developed beaches of the Cretan Sea. The roughly chiseled shore is characterized by four long peninsulas that share the same names with the promontories of Gramvousa, Irene (Spatha), Akrotiri and Drepanos in between which the four large and accessible gulfs of Kisamos, Chania, Souda and Georgioupolis are formed, the second to last one harbouring the largest and safest port in Greece.

In contrast with the northern division, the White mountain range suffocatingly crams the southern and western seashores into a narrow stretch of arable land with the exception of Paleochora in the west and the plain of Fragokastelo in the east. This has resulted in the southern and western coast remaining sparsely populated and less touristically developed allowing their wild and unspoilt beauty to have remained intact. Besides, the five small inlets in the south, namely that of Paleochora, Sougia, Agia Roumeli, Loutro and Chora Sfakion and the three in the western coast, Livadi, Sfinari and Stomio are not accessible by large passenger ships.

The islands of the prefecture, that of Souda, of Agioi Theodori or Theodorou in the gulf of Chania and Imeri and Agria Gramvousa at the edge of the promontory, which shares the same name, are small and uninhabited.