Kissamos, or Kastelli as it is also known, is on the northwest coast of Chania Prefecture.
Kissamos is a small town which offers everything necessary for those who decide to visit for their summer holidays in Crete.
Every kind of accommodation is available in Kissamos: hotels, apartments, villas and campsites.
The best sights you can visit from Kissamos are Cape Gramvousa and the Balos lagoon, the ruins of the ancient city of Kissamos, the fortress and ancient city of Polyrrhenia, the monastery of Chrysoskalitissa, the cave of Agia Sophia and sparkling-clean beaches such as those of Elafonissi and Falassarna.
West of Kissamos is the harbour with ferries to Gramvousa and Balos, the Kythera islands and the southern Peloponnese.
In the summer Kissamos is always sunny, as is the whole of Crete.
You can get to Kissamos by bus from Chania, 42 kilometres away. |