Chania-Religious tour

Chania is the perfect town for a religious walking-tour, not only because Crete has an autonomous Archbishopric, separate from the rest of Greece but also because it’s full of different places of worship, some of them still functioning. 

This is a thematic tour, on which you will look at Greek orthodox and catholic churches, old monasteries, mosques and a synagogue and learn about their history, how those buildings were turned into something else due to the different needs of each conqueror and how people reacted to those changes.

The old town is divided into 3 major districts, where once Christians, Muslims and Jews lived. Their coexistence was sometimes peaceful and some others tense, ending up in quarrels or even battles between them. 

Learn about the differences between religions, the various ways of practice, their special features, symbols, and how in the end they are all connected.

This tour is available in: English, Greek, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian.